The Springsong Museum, a Silver Spring-based nonprofit, is seeking to fund and build a museum honoring Silver Spring native ...

Fifty years ago, Rachel Carson published a book that inspired environmentalism. ... this marine biologist published Silent Spring, widely credited with spurring the modern environmental movement.

Rachel Carson was not born in Washington. She was born and raised on a farm outside the town of Springdale, Pa., on May 27, 1907. A zoologist by training, she outscored all other applicants on the ...

This month, the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge celebrates the 50th anniversary of its renaming in honor of the world-renowned marine biologist, author, environmentalist and former U.S ...

March is Women’s History Month and it is an appropriate time to honor Rachel Carson, author and biologist, who spent her career doing research on toxic pesticides and educating the public in her ...

Sandra Steingraber is a biologist and author, who blends her gifts as a writer, storyteller, and scientist with advocacy. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity. How did Silent ...

TRAVEL Rachel Carson’s Maine: Wonders at the edge of the sea never grow old The author, marine biologist, and conservationist was one of the state’s most perceptive ‘summer people.’ ...

This month Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) proudly celebrates the 50th anniversary of its renaming in honor of the world-renowned marine biologist, author, environmentalist and former ...

Rachel Carson would recognize the conflict between environmental regulation and corporate interests as it ... Corporations claimed Carson’s findings while a biologist at the U.S. Bureau of ...

Rachel Carson National Wildife Refuge seeking ... the refuge’s 50th anniversary celebration of being renamed in honor of the world-renowned conservationist and marine biologist, Rachel Carson.