Using Dan's new online book Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet, the website attempts to teach the student how to think, not what to think. Buy the Book … [Read more...]
How to buy a copy of Strange Encounters
Two ways to buy the book Follow this link to BUY FROM AMAZONDIRECTLY FROM ME (PERSONALLY SIGNED COPY)Contact me at dan@danielbbotkin.com and I will invoice you directly via PayPal. This way I can send a signed copy. Price: $20.00 About Strange Encounters Traveling has been part of my life. I have worked for many decades trying to understand how nature works and … [Read more...]
Dr. Daniel Botkin Selected as Environmental Scientist of the Decade by the International Association of Top Professionals
United States, New York, New York - 12/16/2019 (PRDistribution.com)Dr. Daniel B. Botkin, Professor Emeritus of Biology for UC Santa Barbara, previous Faculty for Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Former Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami, and former Chairman for the University of California’s Environmental Studies Program, has just … [Read more...]
INTERESTED IN WHALES? SEE OUR LONG TERM RESEARCH ON BOWHEADS
Interested in Whales? With anthropologist and Arctic Explorer John Bockstoce, I did research on Bowhead whales using logbooks from Yankee whaling ships hunting that species from 1849 to 1915. We learned each year how many whales were caught and how the bowhead whale population changed over that time. We also were able to compare where the Yankee whalers saw the sea ice southern … [Read more...]
Environmental Scientist of the Year
Dr. Daniel B. Botkin, is a Professor Emeritus of Biology for UC Santa Barbara, previous Faculty for Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Former Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami, and former Chairman for the University of California’s Environmental Studies Program. He has just recently been selected as Top Environmental Scientist of the Year … [Read more...]
Polar bears are still claimed to be endangered: Are they? Fact and fantasy
Get ready for International Polar Bear Day. The N Y Times reported last December 20th that the conservation organization Polar Bears International, has so designated this February 27.The debate over whether polar bears are an endangered species continues since it was made into a major environmental issue in the United States by Al Gore's 2006 film An Inconvenient Truth. … [Read more...]
25 Myths that are Destroying the Environment: My New Book
Just Published! For decades, environmental scientist and conservationist Daniel B. Botkin has studied the world around us. He has traveled the globe observing nature and the human impact on the environment, and now he has collected his keen observations into this accessible and informative book.25 Myths That Are Destroying the Environment explores the many myths … [Read more...]
How Many Hours Does a Whale Sleep? Folklore Determines “Science”
Excerpt from Strange Encounters: Adventures of a Renegade Naturalist by Daniel B. Botkin.How many hours does a whale sleep?" I asked into the telephone receiver. If anybody could have seen my red face, he would have known how embarrassed I felt asking this question. I was working as a research scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, … [Read more...]