“Amphibiansthe word comes from the Greek meaning double life.”

“In what seems like a fantastic coincidence, but is probably no coincidence at all, the history of these events is recovered just as people come to realize that they are causing another one.”

“Though it might be nice to imagine there once was a time when man lived in harmony with nature, it's not clear that he ever really did.”

“Ocean Acidification is sometimes referred to as Global Warming's Equally Evil Twin. The irony is intentional and fair enough as far as it goes... No single mechanism explains all the mass extinctio...”

“According to Lamarck, there was a forcethe power of lifethat pushed organisms to become increasingly complex.”

“His interest, after all, was not in the origin of species but in their demise.”

“Scenery is fine -but human nature is finer”

“As for me, I have a choice between honoring that dark life I've seen so many years moving in the junipers, or of walking away and going on with my own human busyness. There is always that choice fo...”

“Nature allows one kind to kill another, it's part of the law ... you wonder if man might not be the most savage of all creatures. He's among the few that preys on nearly every other being, that con...”