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Winter 1995
Vol. 48:1

The lustrous mantle of a giant clam, Tridacna sp. These Colorful animals have long been harvested, primarily for food, but also for decoration. With their numbers severely limited, giant clams are now being cultivated on undersea farms throughout the western Pacific.

Photograph by Nancy Sefton.

Departments
Horizons
Warm Sharks
Whale DNA
•Blake Edgar

Habitats
Redwood Forests Pay Off Junk Bond Debt
•Gordy Slack

Here at the Academy
Pat Morales' Cold-blooded Practice
•Cynthia Mills

Not available online:
Nature Erupts in Sprit Lake's Backcountry
Returning to Mount St. Helens after 15 years
•Christine Colasurdo

Spider Woman's Children
Navajos Weave Tradition and Innovation
•William Poole

Keeping Clams
Cultivating Giant Mollusks Around the Western Pacific
•Nancy Sefton

My Dinner With Washoe
What Do Apes have to Say for Themselves?
•Jerome Richard

The Unbearable Lightness of Beings in Space
W hich Way is Up?
•Karen Rossberg Walker

Editorial
Revivals
•Keith K. Howell

Skyguide
The Amazing Vanishing Rings of Saturn
•Bing F. Quock

Greenery Gallery
Boojums: Whimsical Giants of the Sonoran Desert
•David Burckhalter

Counterpoints in Science
The Radon Risk Risk
•Jerold M. Lowenstein

Letters
AIDS
Tortoise Poaching

Reviews
Wade Davis on Sastun and Rainforest Remedies