On Monday, December 4th, President Donald Trump announced a reduction of the Bears Ears National Monument by as much as 90%. President Obama protected these mesas, cliffs, and canyons that are home to over 100,000 Native American archaeological and cultural sites. Some of these sites date back 12,000 BCE and the Obama Administration argued they have […]
Should We Be So Concerned About Extinction? A Response To Alexander Pyron
Dr. Alexander Pyron’s central argument in his piece We Don’t Need to Save Endangered Species. Extinction is Part of Evolution. can be summarized as follows: Mass extinctions have historically happened and allowed life recover throughout the history of life on Earth. If mass extinctions have historical precedence, then they are natural. If mass extinctions are natural, […]