Dr. Whit Gibbons writes a weekly environmental column called "Ecoviews."
It is published by several newspapers across the United States.
Here are links to some of his columns.

• WHAT SHOULD YOU DO WITH YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE? (December 25, 2005)
• HOW MANY PARTRIDGES DO YOU NEED? (December 18, 2005)
• SHOULD CATS STAY INSIDE? (December 11, 2005)
• CAN TOADS GIVE YOU WARTS? (December 4, 2005)
• DO LIZARDS HIBERNATE? (November 27, 2005)
• SOUTH FLORIDA STILL HAS A NATIVE LIZARD (November 20, 2005)
• DECLINING HUNTERS STILL GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (November 13, 2005)
• WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT? (November 7, 2005)
• ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT BRINGS A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACH (October 30, 2005)
• DISCOVERIES OF NEW SPECIES (October 23, 2005)
• ARE RED GROUSE TELLING US ABOUT GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE? (October 16, 2005)
• SNAKES ARE MOST ABUNDANT IN THE FALL (October 9, 2005)
• HONEYBEES ARE THE MOST AMAZING INSECTS (October 2, 2005)
• HOW DO PARROTS GET THEIR COLORS? (September 25, 2005)
• GRAY BATS NEED THEIR CAVES (September 18, 2005)
• WHAT’S LEFT TO BE SAID ABOUT KATRINA? (September 11, 2005)
• SWAMP TRIPS CAN BE MORE EXCITING THAN YOU EXPECT (September 4, 2005)
• WHOM SHOULD YOU GIVE YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL DONATIONS TO? (August 28, 2005)
• ECOLOGY IS IN THE YELLOW PAGES (August 20, 2005)
• WHAT SHOULD WE TEACH SCHOOLCHILDREN ABOUT ECOLOGY? (August 14, 2005)
• INSECTS DO AMAZING THINGS (August 7, 2005)
• HOW LONG DOES A FLEA LIVE? (July 31, 2005)
• WHAT GOOD IS A RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER? (July 24, 2005)
• HOW IMPORTANT IS THE ENVIRONMENT TO AMERICANS? (July 17, 2005)
• WHY DO ENVIRONMENTALISTS KILL HORSEFLIES? (July 10, 2005)
• NATIONAL PARKS ARE FULL OF MAMMALS (July 3, 2005)
• ARMADILLOS AND HUMANS HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON (June 26, 2005)
• ECOLOGISTS SHOULD BE LIKE SPORTSWRITERS (June 19, 2005)
• ALLIGATORS AND DOGS DON'T MIX (June 12, 2005)
• HOW TO CATCH A COACHWHIP (June 5, 2005)
• HOW MANY SENSES ARE THERE? (May 29, 2005)
• IS ANYONE WATCHING FROM ABOVE? (May 22, 2005)
• SHOULD DRAGONS BE CLASSED AS ENDANGERED SPECIES? (May 15, 2005)
• WOODPECKERS SHOULD BE AROUND FOR A WHILE (May 8, 2005)
• COMETS AND ASTEROIDS CAN HAVE POSITIVE ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS (May 1, 2005)
• LIZARDS EAT MORE SPIDERS THAN YOU THINK (April 24, 2005)
• SOME PLANTS HELP OTHERS SURVIVE (April 17,2005)
• LET'S START PUTTING GOLF COURSES IN PERSPECTIVE (April 10, 2005)
• EASTER HAS MANY PLANTS (March 27, 2005)
• ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS COME WITH SPRINGTIME (March 20, 2005)
• HOW DO WE CURTAIL WHITE-COLLAR ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME? (March 13, 2005)
• MANATEES MAY HAVE BEEN MERMAIDS (March 6, 2005)
• FROGS ARE A YARDSTICK OF BIODIVERSITY (February 27, 2005)
• THIS TWO-MINUTE ECOLOGY LAB IS WORTH KEEPING (February 20, 2005)
• EVERYBODY STILL TALKS ABOUT THE WEATHER (February 13, 2005)
• WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT OLD AGE? (February 6, 2005)
• HAWAII IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL PARADISE AND PARADOX (January 30, 2005)
• CATS ARE AN ENVIRONMENTAL DILEMMA (January 23, 2005)
• HOW DO ANIMALS RESPOND TO NATURAL DISASTERS? (January 16, 2005)
• WE NEED A NATIONAL REPTILE AND NATIONAL AMPHIBIAN (January 9, 2005)
• HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL MAKE THIS NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION? (January 2, 2005)
  
  Ecoviews for 2004
  
  Ecoviews for 2003
  
  Ecoviews for 2002
  
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