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.

• SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ABOUT PLANTS (December 31, 2006)
• WHEN WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR LOVE A SWAN GOOSE? (December 24, 2006)
• WAS RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER MISNAMED? (December 17, 2006)
• CAN WE NOW PROTECT THE GOPHER FROG? (December 10, 2006)
• WHERE WOULD YOU FIND INFORMATION ABOUT DRONGOS AND TODIES? (December 3, 2006)
• THE WEATHER IS MORE FUN TO TALK ABOUT THAN GLOBAL WARMING (November 26, 2006)
• NORTH AMERICAN RIVERS (November 19, 2006)
• MUD TURTLES ARE AMAZING CREATURES (November 12, 2006)
• WHAT MAKES A TREE A CHAMPION? (November 5, 2006)
• SQUIRRELS ARE HERE FOR THE FALL (October 29, 2006)
• DOES ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE THINK WE HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE? (October 22, 2006)
• THINK BEFORE YOU PINK (October 15, 2006)
• LEARNING IS NATURAL (October 8, 2006)
• GIANT HORNETS ATTACK VISITING HONEYBEES (October 1, 2006)
• WISCONSIN HAS A SNAKE PROBLEM (September 24, 2006)
• ANTS ARE INTRIGUING CREATURES (September 17, 2006)
• WAS THE CROCODILE HUNTER AN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR? (September 10, 2006)
• HOW DO ANIMALS AND PLANTS RESPOND TO DROUGHT? (September 3, 2006)
• WHAT SHOULD WE TEACH SCHOOLCHILDREN ABOUT ECOLOGY? (August 27, 2006)
• WILL WE ALL BENEFIT FROM THE FROG PHARMACY ONE DAY? (August 20, 2006)
• CAN AN INDOOR GAME BE ENVIRONMENTALLY INSTRUCTIVE? (August 13, 2006)
• GUESSWORK DOESN'T ALWAYS YIELD CORRECT ANSWERS (August 6, 2006)
• THE WILDLIFE HABITAT COUNCIL IS WORTH SUPPORTING (July 30, 2006)
• HOW DID LIFE START ON EARTH?(July 23, 2006)
• A HUNTER TALKS ABOUT HUNTING (July 16, 2006)
• WHAT ARE THE SQUIRRELS UP TO? (July 9, 2006)
• ALLIGATORS ARE JUST BEING ALLIGATORS (July 2, 2006)
• SOME PEOPLE SEE NATURE IN IRAQ (June 25, 2006)
• WHERE CAN YOU SEE THE TALLEST TREE AND FASTEST BIRD? (June 18, 2006)
• THE SEASON FOR ECOLOGY SCAVENGER HUNTS IS HERE (June 11, 2006)
• SCREECH OWLS HAVE A LOT TO SAY (June 4, 2006)
• HAVE WE SEEN ENOUGH PENGUINS? (May 28, 2006)
• WHAT DO YOU DO WITH TOO MANY SKINKS? (May 21, 2006)
• ARE HUMANS THE ONLY ANIMALS THAT CELEBRATE MOTHER'S DAY? (May 14, 2006)
• ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES CAN BE PARADOXES (May 6, 2006)
• HYBRID BIRDS NUMBER IN THE THOUSANDS (April 30, 2006)
• WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO KILL WILDLIFE (April 23, 2006)
• BIRDS CAN BE IMPORTANT TO RATS (April 16, 2006)
• E. O. WILSON WRITES ANOTHER BOOK (April 9, 2006)
• SPRING MEANS SNAKE SEASON (April 2, 2006)
• WHAT ARE OUR TOP 10 ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS? (March 26, 2006)
• IS REWILDING AMERICA A GOOD IDEA? (March 19, 2006)
• HOW DO YOU BECOME AN ECOLOGIST? (March 12, 2006)
• LET'S MAKE SURE THE FROGS KEEP CALLING (March 5, 2006)
• ARE PLANTS AND ANIMALS HIDING INFORMATION FROM US? (February 26, 2006)
• SHOULD WE TEACH CHILDREN TO FEAR NATURE? (February 19, 2006)
• TURTLES SWIM UNDER ICE (February 12, 2006)
• JUST HOW FASCINATING CAN A FROG BE? (February 5, 2006)
• ZOOS CAN PROVIDE UNEXPECTED SPECTACLES (January 29, 2006)
• X-RAY PHOTOGRAPHY: A MEDICAL TOOL MOVES ON TO ECOLOGY (January 22, 2006)
• SOME PEOPLE DESERVE IT WHEN ANIMALS STRIKE BACK (January 15, 2006)
• SOME PLANTS ARE FASCINATING (January 8, 2006)
• IT'S NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION TIME AGAIN (January 1, 2006)
  
  Ecoviews for 2005
  
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