Word: speciesism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Charles Lindbergh was much taken with ecological and environmental issues in his later years, and all three of his surviving sons seem to have inherited his enthusiasm for nature, Jon, 44, is an oceanographer in Seattle. Land, 40, is, appropriately enough, a rancher in Montana, The most striking of the...
The Dragons of Eden begins with a summary of how and when intelligence developed in various terrestrial species. In detail, Sagan describes the process of natural selection working toward the emergence of the creature Shakespeare called "the paragon of animals." Sagan also explains differences in the structure of the paragon...
In view of the fact that our so-called human intelligence has already driven some species to extinction, there is only one commandment for us in nature's bible: Thou shalt not tamper.
The blowout had been costly. All told, more than 20,000 tons of oil had spilled into the sea, threatening the fragile spawning grounds of herring, mackerel and other species that provide rich catches for fishermen in the area. During the capping operation, the entire Ekofisk complex, which normally produces...
What a classic your article the "Dammed Lousewort" [April 11] was! Imagine the gall of this preposterous plant to halt the construction of a "$668 million hydroelectric project" like the Dickey-Lincoln Dam in Maine. For heaven's sake, the species was thought extinct anyway-let's make...