If you can go to the Amazon, the antarctic or the Galápagos, by all means do so. But when you get back, you need not stop your explorations simply because you happen to live in an asphalt jungle. In ...

Nudist camps, often perceived with curiosity and intrigue, offer more than just an opportunity to experience life sans clothing. These camps provide a unique blend of social, psychological, and health ...

Introduction -- Part I. The Museum Naturalist. Chapter 1. The Seal on Broadway ; Chapter 2. Collections Make Museums ; Chapter 3. The Mind but Not the Body ; Chapter 4. Full-Bore Birder ; Chapter 5.

The first class of trainees for the fledgling Texas Master Naturalist program met in San Antonio in 1997. Chapters have since multiplied to 44 across Texas and spread to 25 states. This remarkable ...

A friend returned recently from Indiana, a state blessed with oceans of corn and solid people, and he mentioned an experience he’d had in the breakfast room of a small town’s motel. A young woman at a ...

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