Nature Blog Network

Flora

The long-standing debate about why autumn leaves change color has new impetus from the humble apple tree.

Cornell University is giving China back its treasured mushrooms.

Fauna

Please do ask for whom the bell tolls – the Sidamo Lark could soon be the first bird on mainland Africa to die out since modern records began.

Conservationists are warning that he Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna is in danger of being wiped out; in a remarkable display of fisheries management short-sighted irony, the fishing season for this very species opened April 15th.

Natural Resources and Public Policy

The U.S. government is planning to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, having decided that it and five other greenhouse gases may endanger human health and well-being.

Sea ice in the North Pole is even thinner than had been feared, according to results from the first ever expedition on foot to find out the affects of climate change on the Arctic.

Podcasts

BirdNote – Salt water imbibing seabirds, tanagers with coffee habits, birding in unlikely places, and more.

Birdwatch Radio – The final round of interviews conducted at the 2009 Space Coast Birding and Nature Festival; interview subjects include Pete Dunne, Arthur Morris, Floyd Scholz, and Lydia Thompson.

Green Week in Review – the Bolivian lithium conundrum and space-based solar power are this week’s primary topics.

Nature – The cognitive abilities of closely related species, nanotubes, and cosmic rays are all discussed.

Nature Stories – Fishing in Idaho.

Sierra Club Radio – An interview with Pulitzer-prize winning poet Robert Hass, Jennifer Schwab talks about a new website called Sierra Club Green Home, and green cuisine tips from Annie Somerville, Executive Chef of Greens Restaurant.