Volume 8, Number 4
Features
SAINT URSUS MARITIMUS
Icons are about simplicity and clarity. No gray areas. But what happens when the real polar bear clashes with the symbol it has become?
by Jim Robbins
WILDLIFE CONTRACEPTION
Charged with downsizing wildlife populations to fit the geography of the modern world, a small group of researchers is out to replace bullets with family planning.
by Douglas Fox
THE VISION THING
Imagine swapping Tony Blair for Winston Churchill. Would it transform the timid politics of global warming?
by Ted Nordhaus & Michael Shellenberger
Comment
THE COURAGE OF PREDICTION
by W. Wayt Gibbs
Innovations
CORAL-SAFE SCALLOPS
Trawling for fish in a seabed-friendly way
CROSS-SPECIES COOKBOOK
A conservation message served with a shared meal
RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP
Underwater robot spies on whales
A FINE WEAVE
Microchip technology exposes illegal wildlife products
BRAND NAME WILDERNESS
European parks marketed in Madison Avenue style
Essay
GOOD LUCK (print only)
by Fred Pearce
The Price of Power
Gray Whale Populations Haven’t Recovered Just Yet
Moose Avoid Bears by Giving Birth Near Roads
Using Bees to Control Elephants
Invasive Earthworms
Forecasting Desertification
Books
Life in the Valley of Death by Alan Rabinowitz
Think Again
The Upside of Erosion
by Nathanael Johnson