Professor Dorceta Taylor discussed early environmentalists whose contributions often go unrecognized at a recent panel discussion at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. The panel was held in conjunction with a new exhibition featuring Taylor and other individuals who have shaped the U.S. environmental movement from the mid-nineteenth century conservation efforts to today’s focus on climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental justice.
The birds don’t know it, but on Nov. 1 the American Ornithological Society wiped out centuries of nomenclature and declared it would rename all birds that bear human monikers.
This week I will explore with you several natural history moments. All of these daily footnotes of time and place are just observations of the natural world.