Topic: National Geographic Society

Madagascar: island even more isolated after coup

The crisis not only threatens to make the island's poverty worse, it might also lead to the extinction of rare lemur species.

Review: 'Duplicity'

Romantic thriller rolls out star power but leaves audience with an empty puzzle of a plot.

Cooking up dreams in the kitchen

Her mother couldn't equate 'food writing' with 'career.'

Volunteer vacations devoted to animals

Americans give their spare time to help creatures great and small.

Surprising echoes of Bhutan in Texas

The style of buildings in the Himalayan kingdom was transported to El Paso.

Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

Do a dance about Jerome Robbins, trace the impact of Lincoln's life, purr over our love of cats and dogs, and more.

Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

Listen to a new CD of soulful Portuguese songs, watch tiny tough butterflies migrate south, see the president's flying office Air Force One from the inside, and more.

Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

Write an inaugural speech for Obama, learn where the real dragons live, listen to Bonnaroo in the dead of winter, and more.

Can we run our cars on human fat?

A Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon attracted attention from alternative energy buffs and public health officials after he announced that he was using liposuctioned fat to fuel two SUVs.

Light pollution harms not just stargazers

It throws wildlife out of whack and diminishes public safety.

Faced with rising sea levels, the Maldives seek new homeland

Many scientists believe that, given enough political will, humanity can still manage to avoid catastrophic climate change. But the president-elect of the Maldives isn't taking any chances.

Opinion: How Alaska keeps its seas from being overfished

Sound science and a 'catch share' system are key.

The heroic milkweed

This common plant helped keep soldiers afloat and aloft in World War II.

'Project M' aims to combat AIDS using cellphones

PopTech conference aims to implement solutions to world problems, rather than just talk about them.

How big is that gadget? Pective can tell you.

Five great green TED talks

The Technology, Entertainment, and Design conference announced its 2009 prizewinners Thursday, which gives me an excuse to link to five of my favorite environmentally themed TED talks.

Watching Africa from the inside

New cable channels offer view of diverse continent through Africans’ eyes.

Militants step up 'oil war' in Niger Delta

Attacks on foreign oil company facilities threaten to disrupt global oil supply.

Tuesday morning reads

Study: Climate change to produce extreme rains

A new study observes a link between warmer temperatures and more intense downpours.

Reinventing rumba, Catalan style

Barcelona-based bands wrap the traditional Spanish gypsy music into urban rhythms in an ever-evolving new fusion.

Conservationists uncover 'mother lode' of gorillas in Africa

A census in the north of the Republic of the Congo has discovered 125,000 previously uncounted western lowland gorillas, more than doubling the previous estimated worldwide population of the great ape subspecies.

Online summer reading for kids

Six picks: recommendations from the Monitor staff

National Geographic's TV extravaganza 'Earth: The Biography,' a reggae songster's lyrical rhythms, a color-filled trip around the world, and more.

Children's books and war