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International Wildlife archives from January 1998
Living with the White Bear: A Russian Scientist Reports Firsthand about the World of Polar Bears on Two Remote Siberian Islands
January 1, 1998... My investigation into the life and behavior of polar bears in he Russian Arctic began in 1990 on remote Wrangel Island, above the northeastern corner of Siberia. When I set out, I knew only that polar bears visit the island in autumn and that...
Of Sausage Trees and Extinction
January 1, 1998... Why did Keith Joubert--one of the most successful but unorthodox wildlife artists in Africa--paint fossils on top of a sausage tree? Show cattle turning into sand dunes? Give a lion a red stripe shooting out of one eye? Slap handprints on a canvas...
A Tale of 3 Boobies: How Three Similar Bird Species Lead Dissimilar Lives in the Galapagos
January 1, 1998... How three similar bird species lead dissimilar lives in the Galpagos Above the Pacific Ocean near Ecuador's Galpagos Islands, streamlined seabirds called masked boobies drop their heads, close their wings and hurtle like javelins toward a school...
On a Slow Trip Back from Hell: The Infamous Black Triangle Had the Worst Pollution Ever Recorded in the Industrialized World. Now a Sick and Weary People Are Tackling Their Nightmare
January 1, 1998... The infamous Black Triangle had the worst pollution ever recorded in the industrialized world. Now a sick and weary people are tackling their nightmare. Stanislav Stys, an expert on land reclamation, stands on a reforested hill flush with the...
Howling skies, empty spaces.(wildlife of Tibet)(includes related information on Chang Tang Nature Reserve)
January 1, 1998... A western biologist journeys into a bleak land where humankind has barely intruded and animals live as if becalmed in time and space
FOR NEARLY A CENTURY, the vast and mysterious steppes of northern Tibet, known as the Chang Tang, were closed...
Views from the Rough Rider
January 1, 1998... Vandalism of Nature The civilized people of today look back with horror at their medieval ancestors who wantonly destroyed great works of art, or sat slothfully by while they were destroyed. We have passed that stage. We treasure pictures...
