The homesteaders at Gold Shaw Farm experience a silent spring where no new bird life emerges on the farm as expected.

Rachel Carson’s look at the dire effects of industrial and agricultural pollution birthed the modern environmental movement ...

In 1962 environmental scientist Rachel Carson published “Silent Spring,” a bestselling book that asserted that overuse of pesticides was harming the environment and threatening human health. Carson ...

Explore the profound impact of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring on environmental consciousness and the legacy of the environmental movement. Carson argued that public ...

A masterpiece of science and wonder, Rachel Carson’s book is a moral call to action. Would it have had the same impact if it were published today? Before all that she gave us in “Silent Spring,” ...

In her barnstorming environmental polemic Silent Spring, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, Rachel Carson fired a broadside against the unfettered use of chemicals by agricultural giants ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Remembrance of Earth’s Past,” a sci-fi book series by Chinese author Liu Cixin, grapples with some of the most fundamental ...