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David C. Richardson is a writer based in Baltimore, Md., specializing in topics related to science, the environment and public policy.
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The Ticking Compass Inside a Butterfly
Humankind can learn a lot from the power of circadian clocks and sunlight observation that are child’s play to monarch butterflies.
Butterfly Diplomacy: An Immigration Policy for Monarchs
North America's monarch "is one of the largest of our butterflies and rules a vast domain." But it's in trouble on both ends of its massive migration.
Climate Change Leaves Wildflowers in the Cold
In the wildflower meadows of the West, we may be hearing the whisperings of a post-climate-change world.
Seeing the Forest and the Trees
The United States has built one of the most advanced technological societies the world has ever seen, but we still don’t really know when spring starts.
Finding Health, and Opportunity, in the Latrine
Ecological sanitation, or "ecosan," can provide both improved hygiene and an income for the majority of the world, where just getting a sip of clean water can be a challenge.