Blogs

Lessons from the Flu

By Emily Monosson / On November 6th, 2014

As flu season approaches each year, thousands line up to receive a vaccine—but many others don't.

#ForewordFriday: Creepy Crawly Edition

By Jason Leppig / On October 31st, 2014

#ForewordFriday: What is Conservation Biology?

By Meghan Bartels / On October 24th, 2014

The recovery of black-footed ferrets is one of the success stories of conservation biology.

Bogeymen of Nature

By Eric Dinerstein / On September 15th, 2014

Eastern rat snakes have a bad reputation. Photo by D. Gordon E.

Antibiotics: Lesson Learned?

By Emily Monosson / On August 20th, 2014

Reposted from Evolution in a Toxic World with permission.

Life in the Wake of Nuclear Disaster

By Emily Monosson / On July 21st, 2014

A sign warning of radiation from the explosion at Chernobyl.

Bumfuzzled by Epigenetics

By Emily Monosson / On April 8th, 2014

Cross posted from Emily Monosson's Evolution in a toxic world

Human Evolution in Response to Pollution? Fact or Fiction?

By Emily Monosson / On April 3rd, 2014

Cross-posted from Emily Monosson’s

Changing the World Gene by Gene

By Emily Monosson / On March 12th, 2014

Here’s the skinny: evolution is happening all the time, all around us. Living things are like one roiling mass of DNA. OK, so that’s a little over the top.

Island Press Staff Picks - Evolution in a Toxic World

By Meghan Bartels / On October 25th, 2013

Today's pick, Evolution in a Toxic World, comes from our Marketing Assistant, Meghan Bartels.

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