For decades, scientists and economists have been making wagers about the outcome of human population growth. Now, more than ever, their speculations need to be taken seriously.
Questions still swirl around the author’s theories about sexual selection and the evolution of minds and morals. Some passages strike modern readers as offensive, especially where Darwin speculates on issues of race and on gender roles.
Conflict, negotiation, reciprocity, perhaps even selflessness: an emerging understanding of forests suggests there’s more going on within them than you might think.
One of the rarest mammals in the world was almost wiped out two decades ago, sparking an elaborate and costly recovery program that has boosted numbers and offers hope for other at-risk species.
