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CALIFORNIA WILD

Spring 2000
Vol. 53:2

green tree viper

Although common in southeast Asia, the green tree viper is venomous but not enough to warrant its highly dangerous reputation.
Photograph by Dong Lin.

Departments
Life on the Edge
More Endangered than Thou
Keith K. Howell

Here at the Academy
Space Artist Lynette Cook
Blake Edgar

Horizons
Earthquake Hair Trigger Coyote Good, Cat Bad
Blake Edgar

Habitats
Bikes and Trails Mix
Gordy Slack

Counterpoints in Science
Why Kansas is Flat
Jerold M. Lowenstein

Reviews
Gordy Slack
on Extinction's Shadow
Andrei Sourakov
on Nabokov's Blues
Blake Edgar
on Chasing Monarchs

Features
Striking Beauties
Venomous snakes have evolved elaborate toxic cocktails to subdue and consume prey and to combat predators. It's a good idea to give them some room.
Joe Slowinski

On the Road from Mandalay
Snake hunting in Myanmar.
Joe Slowinski

At Home in the
Natural World

Naturalist's Almanac
What to Look for This Spring
Liese Greensfelder

Wild Lives
Fishers Prefer Porcupines
Lisa Owens-Viani

Science Track
Newshound Glennda Chui
Liese Greensfelder

Not available online:
Bighorn's Last Stand
The Sierra Nevada Bighorn population totals around 100 sheep and falling. The latest problem appears to be the protected mountain lion. But one man, John Wehausen, works tirelessly to halt the decline.
Peter Steinhart

A New Home for Old Fourlegs
A saga of discovery, loss and redemption. In 1997, the author stumbled upon a coelacanth in an Indonesian market. Until then this living fossil was thought to be found only in the eastern Indian Ocean. But that was just the beginning...
Mark V. Erdmann

Journey to Fire Mountain
In search of "one of the most endangered species in the world," the author helps escort two orchidophiles deep into the rain forests of Borneo.
Eric Hansen