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CALIFORNIA WILD

Spring 2000
Vol. 53:2

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