National Wildlife articles from February 1996

National Wildlife archives from February 1996

Lusting after black gold. (petroleum exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska)(Editorial)
February 1, 1996... Guest Editorial As this issue goes to press, Congress is still pressuring President Clinton to approve a budget that allows for oil and gas drilling in the fragile coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - though Clinton has...

Paradox of the arctic fox.
February 1, 1996... This cunning animal's appetites are a powerful force in Far North ecosystems. And once human beings get into the act, the fragility of those ecosystems becomes all too clear. Out on the flower-spangled tundra, the fox hesitated; and in the...

Environmental regulations: who needs them?
February 1, 1996... We all do, according to people whose health and livelihoods have been protected by these rules and laws During the early 1980s, Diane Wilson, a fourth-generation Texas shrimper, had worried that the prime fishing grounds of Lavaca Bay, on the...

A bird is not a plane. (avian flight)(Cover Story)
February 1, 1996... We know how to fly, right? Then why are scientists only now on the verge of figuring out how animals take to the air? Biologists wouldn't have nearly so much trouble studying how a bird flies through the air if air weren't invisible. Even when...

Cinderella story. (Chattanooga, Tennessee's sustainable development strategy)
February 1, 1996... Once upon a time, Chattanooga was called the dirtiest city in America. Then, not long ago, it discovered the concept of sustainable development. And not only did it clean itself up, but the Tennessee manufacturing center became a model for a...

Fish say the darndest things. (fish communication)
February 1, 1996... Phillip Lobel wasn't expecting actual sounds of passion in 1988 when he first eavesdropped on the hamlet, a species of coral-reef fish. He did know that fish make sounds: Ever since the Navy consulted biologists to help decipher alarming...

How to hide a berry treasure around your home.
February 1, 1996... Look at your yard this time of year and, like gardeners in many parts of the country, you may see colorful spots and splashes of red or orange - the berries of hollies, pyracanthas and other shrubs that hold their fruit long into winter. In...