Our taste for sea turtle is the main force driving the animals to extinction, and it's not too good for those eating it, either. Researchers in the US and Mexico have documented numerous reports worldwide of health hazards associated with eating turtle, including food poisoning with Salmonella. Sea turtles also…
by Peter Aldhous In the southern reaches of Mexico's Baja California peninsula, majestic cardon cacti stand sentry over the dusty red desert, which crumbles into the turquoise waters of the Gulf of California. But in this striking landscape, dark forces are at work. Within an hour of leaving the airport…
[Note: Eleveth Hour will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2007] 11th Hour is Leo DiCaprio’s new feature length documentary that will examine the state of the global environment. It should be coming out this fall--look for it. At the end of our wide-ranging interview for the film…
On Tuesday, the Governor’s Fish and Game Commission will make an ocean conservation decision that can be historic. They can establish an ocean legacy by creating a network of marine reserves from San Francisco to Santa Barbara. For inspiration, they can look just down-current. On Mexico’s Baja California peninsula marine…
I write about the connections between people and nature. Often about our own fragile nature and humanity. Frequently, simple and descriptions of momentary interactions.Strung together, these poems bounce like a life bounces. As a student of life, a scientist, I explore my own biology and interdependence with the wild. In…
