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SAINT URSUS MARITIMUS Cover Story
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
Reprinted with permission from Economist Newspaper Group
CROSS-SPECIES COOKBOOK
A conservation message served with a shared meal
by Eric Wagner
RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP
Underwater robot spies on whales
by Katharine Sanderson
A FINE WEAVE
Microchip technology exposes illegal wildlife products
by Shilpa Kannan
BRAND NAME WILDERNESS
European parks marketed in Madison Avenue style
by Nancy Bazilchuk
ESSAYS
GOOD LUCK Print Only
by Fred Pearce
JOURNAL WATCH
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
Listening to Cougar Edited by Marc Bekoff and Cara Blessley Lowe
No Way Home: The Decline of the World’s Great Animal Migrations By David S. Wilcove
The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving our Natural World By Jacques Cousteau and Susan Schiefelbein
Soaring with Fidel: An Osprey Odyssey from Cape Cod to Cuba and Beyond By David Gessner
FROM READERS
YOUR LETTERS AND COMMENTS
THINK AGAIN
The Upside of Erosion
by Nathanael Johnson
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