My friends love bees. How many people can say that? This would be true for you too if your friends, classmates, coworkers and mentors were all plant scientists. I have to admit that I am also developing a deep respect for the little guys as I come to understand how important bees and other pollinators [...]
SUNY New Paltz Psychology department faculty member Alice Andrews is the editor and publisher of an online journal, Entelechy: Mind and Culture. Entelechy (see review at left) publishes an eclectic mix of poetry, short fiction, essays, and visual art and makes for stimulating browsing. Evolutionary biology is a central theme. The “about“ page describes it as [...]
Leopard Seals sit at the top of Antarctica’s food chain. Yet, as this National Geographic photographer found, even these predators have a softer side.
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A recent article in the New York Times Magazine caught my attention when it uncovered advances in ecopsychology. This relatively new branch of psychology is rooted in the idea that “grief, despair, and anxiety are the consequences of dismissing… deep-rooted ecological instincts.” To sum it up, people are actually suffering psychological effects of the degradation [...]
While in downtown Chicago recently, I wandered into Borders glitzy, 3-story bookstore on State Street. I naturally gravitated towards the science/biology section. Here’s a snapshot of what I saw: evolution everywhere.
The books are diverse in their subject matter, yet all evolution-related. Nature – an Economic History uses basic economic principles (limited resources, scarcity, competition) to [...]
How much do you enjoy clean water? What would you be willing to pay to look at the reflection of a mountain in a glacial lake? What would someone have to give you in return for your agreement never to set foot in a wooded area again? And how much will clean air cost your [...]