David DeFranza
Before becoming an Assistant Editor at TreeHugger, David DeFranza wrote about travel, the outdoors, and frugal living for a variety of websites. In addition to performing general editorial duties, David writes about nature, produces slideshows, and serves as TreeHugger's books editor.
Latest Stories from David DeFranza - Page 13
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Join BookHugger in Reading Everyday Environmentalism and Get 30% Off Cover Price
Last month, TreeHugger and Island Press joined together to introduce BookHugger. Members got a discounted copy of Peter Calthorpe's Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change and the opportunity to talk with the author
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How Conservation Helps People, Too
Conservation projects protect essential habitats and preserve threatened species but their impact is felt far beyond the boundaries of the animal kingdom. From erosion
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For Bird Migrations, Declining Rainfall May Trump Instinct and Temperature
Instinct and gradual increases in daylight have long bee thought to be the driving factors behind bird migration. Recently, gradual shifts in seasonal temperature averages have been suspected to have an impact.
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Capturing the Cold, Striking Beauty of Glacier Caves...Before They Melt (Slideshow)
From the surface, glaciers look like solid masses of snow and ice, broken only by the occasional wrinkle and fissure. Beneath that top layer of ice and snow, however, lies a complex network of channels and openings, created by
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Capturing the Cold, Striking Beauty of Glacier Caves...Before They Melt
From the surface, glaciers look like solid masses of snow and ice, broken only by the occasional wrinkle and fissure. Beneath that top layer of ice and snow, however, lies a complex network of channels and openings, created by the flow of water, ice, and
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You Said It: Readers Comment on the Treatment of Farm Animals and Cows Producing Human Milk (Video)
Once again, we have scoured Facebook to find the posts that were really resonating with you. Pondering whether farm animals deserve the same respect as pets and whether the cows producing human-like milk is great or gross really had you talking. I sat
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Rare Sumatran Elephant Dies After Week-Long Standoff in Indonesia
After a week spent blocking an important local road in Indonesia, a female Sumatran elephant died on Sunday.
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New Study Suggests Poor Management Leads Wolves to Grazing Cattle
Cattle ranchers throughout North America have, for many years, suspected that wolves near grazing herds make cow meat a substantial part of their diets. Now, new GPS research has shown that in southwestern
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45 Australian Species Face Extinction in 20 Years
For decades, the remote Kimberley region of Northern Australia has stood as a stronghold for dozens of rare native species of mammals, birds, lizards and other vertebrates. Now, these species are under serious
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Monkeys and Gorillas with Startling, Human-Like Expressions (Slideshow)
In this photo, a mandrill that has been orphaned by a shotgun blast grabs for the camera. For human onlookers, photographs like this are symbolically powerful—who, after all, can look away from an animal reaching out
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Monkeys and Gorillas with Startling, Human-Like Expressions
In this photo, a mandrill that has been orphaned by a shotgun blast grabs for the camera. For human onlookers, photographs like this are symbolically powerful—who, after all, can look away from an animal reaching out for help? "Extreme Exposure," o
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When a Species is Lost, Where Does it Go?
Some conservationists estimate that every 20 minutes we lose an animal species, yet only 784 extinctions have been officially recorded since 1500.
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You Said It: Readers Comment on a New Facebook Headquarters and the iPad 2 (Video)
Once again, we have scoured Facebook to find the posts that were really resonating with you. Facebook's pending move and the introduction of a new iPad really had you talking. I sat down and highlighted some of my favorites in this video.Facebook is
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New Population of Small Mountain Cats Renews Hope for the Species
Before 1998, the only evidence of the elusive Andean mountain cat was a pair of photographs. Today, conservationists believe that 2500 individuals range over a small and highly fragmented habitat in the high Andes of
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Join Author Peter Calthorpe for a Live Discussion on TreeHugger, Today at 3pm EST
In Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change, Peter Calthorpe argues that by better understanding urbanism at a regional scale, cities could provide a powerful platform for addressing climate change.
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Africa's Great Migration of Wildebeest Shows "Swarm Intelligence" (Slideshow)
The great migration of wildebeest is one of the world's most dramatic natural wonders: Every year in Africa, more than 1.5 million wildebeest migrate across the Serengeti in Tanzania and into the Masai Mara in Kenya in
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Africa's Great Migration of Wildebeest Shows "Swarm Intelligence"
The great migration of wildebeest is one of the world's most dramatic natural wonders: Every year in Africa, more than 1.5 million wildebeest migrate across the Serengeti in Tanzania and into the Masai Mara in Kenya in search of fresh grazing pastures.
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Thousands of Nesting Albatross Swept Away By Tsunami
Though most of the devastation caused by the Sendai Tsunami occurred on the northern Pacific coast of Japan, the shock of the earthquake sent ripples out deep into the ocean. 2,560 miles away, on Midway
