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Spring 1998
Vol. 51:2
One of two swan species native to North America,
the trumpeter swan has made a remarkable comeback from near-extinction.
Photograph by
elizabeth DeLaney
Departments
Horizons
Hunting for our earliest living ancestor.
•Blake Edgar
Habitats
Alameda's Whipping Snake
•Gordy Slack
Reviews
•Joel W. Hedgpeth
on Silenced Rivers
Counterpoints
in Science
Therapies True and False
•Jerold M. Lowenstein
Here
at the Academy
Training Tomorrow's Scientists
•Lisa Owens-Viani
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Features
Herald Swans' Reprise
After a long absence the trumpeter swan has been seen in California's
Central Valley. Many are enthusiastic about the swans' return, but others
fear the responsibility of another endangered species.
•Nora Steiner Mealy
The
Shape of Intelligence
If there are intelligent life forms out there, they will probably resemble
us.
•Seth Shostak
At Home
in the
Natural World
Skyguide
Worlds Align (Again)
•Bing F. Quock
Naturalist's
Almanac
What to See This Spring
•Helen Dowling
A
Trail Less Traveled
Rafting the Tuolumne
•Blake Edgar
Not
available online:
Letters
to the Editor
Blossoms and Brambles
Beyond
the Beach
In the wake of Archie Carr,
researchers take advantage of modern telemetry and satellites to tag sea
turtles and follow them out across the Pacific.
•Wendee Holtcamp
A
Family for Everyone
On closely observing field
guides.
•Kathleen Dean Moore
Common
Ground
Forest foes of northern California
bury the hatchet, but their unprecedented plan for three national forests
sparks new controversy.
•Jane Braxton Little
Wild Lives
Sarcastic Fringehead
•Dale Stokes
Science Track
A Forest of Their Own
•Julie Titone
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