Her love of nature had been instilled in her by her mother. Carson became a marine biologist and, in 1936, was hired as a scientist, writer, and editor for the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries.

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 ...

Carson went on to write The Sea Around Us and The Edge of the Sea, and finally Silent Spring in 1962. Her science and nature writing was serialized in magazines, and she had a devoted following.

Rachel Carson, perhaps the mid-20th century’s most articulate advocate for the environment, was drawn more to these tidepools than to the dramatic bluster of the surf.

The catalyst was Rachel Carson, whose 1962 book "Silent Spring" memorably linked Theodore Roosevelt-style nature preservation to backyard public health concerns.

Rachel Carson, Betty Friedan and Jane Jacobs opened vast new possibilities for social transformation by writing about widespread attacks on nature, women and the poor.

Rachel Carson, in an essay published at the time of her outings with the future Dr. Temple, described walks with her 4-year-old nephew during which she simply called his attention “to this or ...

Today host Lisa Dettmer spends the hour talking to Professor Lida Maxwell, the author of the new book out by Stanford press called “ Rachel Carson and the Power of Queer love.” Rachel Carson, for ...