Dale DeBakcsy
The Tragedy of Dian Fossey
There are people to whom it is given to wait alone on humanity's dark edge and stand against all the worst of our collective impulses: ...
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Dale DeBakcsy
Aug 2, 2023
Insights from the Forest Canopy, Bruises from the Glass Ceiling: Meg Lowman, Arbornaut.
One of the first things that we teach high school students about statistics is the relative worthlessness of convenience-type surveying -...
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Dale DeBakcsy
Jun 5, 2023
Dame Daphne Sheldrick and the Half Century Struggle to Save the Elephants of Kenya.
A mother elephant staggers forward, arrows protruding from her flank and legs, poison coursing through her blood that is attacking her...
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Dale DeBakcsy
May 26, 2023
Guns N Taxonomy: The Vertebrate Biology of Annie Alexander
As a rule, our favorite flavors of scientist are the theoretical and experimental – we tend to like them either sitting in a chair...
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Dale DeBakcsy
May 17, 2023
Belle Benchley and the Creation of the Modern Zoo
Think back to your last zoo trip. More likely than not, most of the larger animals were contained in open air facilities, with features...
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Dale DeBakcsy
May 1, 2023
Clean Water, Breathable Air, and the Science of Food: The Remarkable Legacy of Ellen Swallow
Every morning we wake up to a feast of assumptions. We assume that the place our sewage gets dumped is not the same place our drinking...
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Dale DeBakcsy
Apr 27, 2023
It Takes a Forest to Grow a Tree: The Revolutionary Forest Ecology of Suzanne Simard.
Four short decades ago, the prevailing wisdom among forestry officials was the “Free To Grow” model by which, when a forest was clear cut...
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Dale DeBakcsy
Apr 27, 2023
Janaki Ammal And the Fight for India’s Botanical Future.
Caste. Race. Gender. These were the three categories that, in early twentieth century Madras, combined to determine the boundaries of...
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