BIRD SEEN IN COUNTY IS A FIRST (a common Redpoll is prime red meat for birdwatchers

Britain calls on the world to put a price on nature (what's the value if it can't be shot, sold, eaten, traded, or controlled?)

NY college gathers experts to mull future of zoos (mull the future of academia instead)

More pets on puppy uppers, doggy downers? (if the kid's bad behavior can be medicated then why not the pooch's)

Markets cannot deal with nature (what do you want to bet that nature would say the feeling is mutual)

ENERGY: Birds big concern for solar project (all this clean energy is killer. literally)

Children's Books Lack Nature References, Study Suggest (it comes down to priorities)

Van Gogh exhibit is about nature as he saw it (if you've never been to a Van Gogh exhibit, GO!)

Will Warm Winter Confuse Nature (it's hard to be confused when you live in the moment)

Study confirms what owners knew all along — your pet gets you (and they asked so little in return)

Why hunting and gathering makes us smarter and thinner (must be careful of getting too full of one's self)

Male spiders break off sex organ to boost paternity (the mother of necessity is obvious when the mother wants to eat you)

Hunter contracts rabies from a deer (like everything you never want, it's all about exposure)

Is Mother Nature toying with us? (flawed premise)

Bird life badly hit by nuclear fallout in Japan (pardon the downer but here's a canary in the coal mine story worth noting)

Anglers and bird-watchers share many traits and habit (patience and passion; two fine virtues)