Sharon was a regular contributor to the National Geographic News Service, a wire service that partnered with the New York Times Syndicate to produce science news

and features to for national and international syndication.  

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WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

RALLYING TO PROTECT U.S. ANTELOPE MIGRATION ROUTE

 

INTERBREEDING THREATENS RARE SPECIES, EXPERTS SAY

 

CONSERVATIONISTS FIGHT TO SAVE HARPY EAGLES

 

OWLS FACE SPOTTED FUTURE

 

RAINFOREST EXPERT SAVES HIS AMAZON “NEIGHBORHOOD”

 

COSTA RICA’S PROBLEM CROCS RETURN AFTER REMOVAL

 

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

“DIRTY FISHING” EMPTYING OCEANS

 

CHINA’S TASTE FOR TURTLE FUELS ASIAN CRISIS

 

NEW JERSEY PLAN TO LIFT BEAR HUNT SPURS PROTESTS   

 

BELIZE DAM FIGHT HEATS UP AS COURT PREPARES TO RULE

 

LIGHT POLLUTION TAKING A TOLL ON WILDLIFE

 

CLIMATE

ASIAN POLLUTION CLOUD CHANGING CLIMATE, STUDY SAYS

 

EARTH SCIENCE    

HOW MELTING GLACIERS MOVE: CRACKING THE MYSTERY 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS

ARCTIC LIFE THREATENED BY TOXIC CHEMICALS    

 

MYSTERIOUS KENYA FLAMINGO DIE-OFFS TIED TO TOXINS

 

DOLPHIN MYSTERY: WHAT’S KILLING FIRSTBORN CALVES?

 

TOXINS ACCUMULATE IN ARCTIC PEOPLE, ANIMALS

 

LOONS SOUND ALARM ON MERCURY CONTAMINATION

 

TECHNOLOGY/BIOTECH

SATELLITES SPY ON THE LIVES OF GREAT WHITE SHARKS

 

HI-TECH BAT DETECTOR SHEDS LIGHT ON SHADOWY SPECIES

 

BIOTECH THE LATEST DEFENSE IN ANIMAL EXTINCTION FIGHT

 

NEW AVIAN DATABASE TO HELP IN BIRD SPECIES SURVIVAL

 

RESEARCH

PHEROMONE IN URINE SPURS MATING IN ELEPHANTS

 

CULTURE

SCARIFICATION: ANCIENT BODY ART LEAVING NEW MARKS

 

FOR MOST PEOPLE, EATING BUGS IS ONLY NATURAL

 

RATS RULE AT INDIAN TEMPLE

 

PAINTED PAST: BORNEO’S TRADITIONAL TATOOS

 

HAITI: POSSESSED BY VOODOO

 

ADVENTURE

ON TV: “SURVIVING EVEREST” TELLS OF TRIUMPH, TRAGEDY

 

DISEASE 

CHOLERA: TRACKING THE FIRST TRULY GLOBAL DISEASE

 

ASTRONOMY

DIGITAL STAR SURVEY FINDS STAR BELT AROUND MILKY WAY