National Wildlife articles from August 1994

National Wildlife archives from August 1994

The truth about dioxin. (includes related article)
August 1, 1994... Imagine a family of toxic chemicals so widespread that no one can escape exposure, industrial compounds that at low doses can disable the immune system, promote cancer and other diseases - and even cross the placental barrier to disrupt...

How to feed a visiting monarch. (monarch butterfly)
August 1, 1994... Ron Boender was bored. The year was 1985, and the entrepreneur had recently sold his Fort Lauderdale communications firm. He began puttering around the garden. "I always enjoyed watching butterflies," says Boender, who was raised on a farm in...

Symbol of success. (bald eagle)
August 1, 1994... Three decades ago, President John F. Kennedy made an urgent appeal to all Americans on behalf of the bald eagle. "The fierce beauty and proud independence of this great bird aptly symbolize the strength and freedom of America," he said, "and we...

Fires of life. (wildfires)
August 1, 1994... From the skies over south Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve, a helicopter routinely drops small incendiary devices into the dry grass. War games for the National Park Service, perhaps? Training grounds for a fire department? Actually, the...

Oil-stained legacy. (the Exxon Valdez oil spill)
August 1, 1994... When National Wildlife asked Alaskan biologist Rick Steiner to write about the Exxon Valdez oil spill four years after the supertanker ran aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound, we were not quite sure what we would get from him. We knew full...

Brush with action. (paintings of wildlife artist Bob Kuhn) (Illustration)
August 1, 1994... When wildlife artist Bob Kuhn depicts animals in action, he takes his own biggest leaps into his imagination. A moment of action, after all, is so fleeting that even the eye can barely record it. "With human figures," says Kuhn, "you can call...

The puffins keep their secrets.
August 1, 1994... The Lore of the Atlantic puffin, a species that ranks among everyone's favorite seabirds, includes an enduring story about how parent birds starve their single nearly grown chicks until hunger motivates the youngsters to leave the security of...