Environment

'I see it as horticultural theater. The way exhibitions are, there is tremendous complexity. It’s like when the curtain goes up the set changes.'

That was the standard practice of the explorers in the Victorian period: 'I paid you thousands of dollars to go far off into the forests of India to bring me back this plant. I want this plant.'

"Orchidelirium" is a bedazzling, live horticultural spectacular, a sterling exhibition to celebrate the NYBG's 125th Anniversary.

The United States does not need to spend more money on nukes, which would encourage an arms race. Instead, we need to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)

All the people in the store were complaining about the impending storm and had this look of despair on their faces as if the zombie apocalypse was upon us.

I worry that Malheur, after occupation by an armed militia group, will no longer be a protected place where coyote choirs color the night with magical music and millions of birds rest, feed, mate, and raise babies to fly high in the future.

When was the last time you got to attend a brainstorming session with the president of a country?

Will U.S. news soon be filled with stories comparing the Shining Path to Isis, as an excuse to wage war in the land of Machu Picchu?

Some scientists have been pushing to replace the phrase "climate change" with a more effective term.

Reality TV is fine as entertainment. But the reality show paradigm has crept into wildlife programming, and this is where something is going horribly wrong.