Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring exposed the dangers of pesticides like DDT. This groundbreaking work alerted millions ...

Historians portrayed her as a “nun for nature” who just had a “friendship” with another woman.

In the first episode of Nature in Crisis, Meehan and Peter show how Carson wrote at the edge of science, anticipating the ...

How overdue is this book report? I bought the book in 1999, used; it was published in 1962. What can I say, I have been a ...

In her 1962 book, "Silent Spring," American biologist Rachel Carson revealed that DDT, a widely used pesticide at the time, was responsible for the mass death of birds, including the iconic bald eagle ...

A new study shows banned chemicals like DDT still contaminate many bird species, even in remote ocean regions far from people ...

Analyses of biological material from six migratory and one resident species in Brazil indicate similar concentrations of some ...

By Mike DiGirolamo It’s been more than half a century since the publication of Silent Spring by the scientist and creative writer Rachel Carson. The seminal volume caught the attention of U.S.

In her 1962 book, Silent Spring, American biologist Rachel Carson revealed that DDT, a widely used pesticide at the time, was responsible for the mass ...

Gardening as we know it today didn’t evolve by accident. Many of the practices that we take for granted, like organic methods, ecological planting, and even how we observe plants, were shaped by ...

The science-fiction genre has never been more relevant, but a 1972 film turned one of /Film's sci-fi experts into a lifelong ...