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When insects are killed or die off, everything in the food web is affected, from the birds, bats and lizards that feed on insects to the snakes, coyotes and cougars that feed on birds and lizards, and ...

On Sept. 27, 1962, biologist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, a book that would radically shift how the nation thought about the effect of pesticides on human health and the environment.

In 1962, the biologist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, which captured the public’s imagination and led to a shift in the understanding of our relationship with the natural world. Her book ...

In 1962, the biologist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, which captured the public’s imagination and led to a shift in the understanding of our relationship with the natural world. Her book ...

In 1962, when environmentalist and author Rachel Carson penned 'Silent Spring,' alerting the world to the dangers of the pesticide DDT, it was the reproductive threat to birds -- the bald eagle in ...

He had been reading my work and reached out to me. I reread Rachel Carson, dug up shipping logs, and one of the most haunting things about the story is that all of it was in the public record.

Silent Spring, Rachel Carson’s landmark warning about the indiscriminate use of pesticides, turns 50 this month. By extension, that puts the environmental movement also at the half-century mark ...

It radically shifted the way the world looked at the environment, but created a wave of misinformation we’re still dealing ...

Then in 1962, the book “Silent Spring,” by author and marine biologist Rachel Carson, used science to expose the “shadow of death” cast by DDT. More than 40 years before former vice ...

Carson was essentially a fascinating storyteller, even giving names to the animals in her books, making them more accessible for readers while maintaining scientific accuracy.

NEW DELHI: Rachel Carson’s 1962 book, Silent Spring, drew attention of the world for the first time towards the wider and harmful implications of the indiscriminate use of synthetic pesticides ...