Natural History Magazine

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Whales act instinctively to save seals

Discover gray whales in the isolated San Ignacio lagoon

Elizabeth Blackburn's work on telomeres led to research on aging, cancer, and stress

Scientists race to understand the reproductive biology of freshwater eels.

Are double-crested cormorants overrunning their niche—or recovering from centuries of suppression?

Save the Seal!

Whales act instinctively to save seals
Gray Whales Revealed

Discover gray whales in the isolated San Ignacio lagoon
Keeping the Ends in Sight

Elizabeth Blackburn's work on telomeres led to research on aging, cancer, and stress
Slippery Business

Scientists race to understand the reproductive biology of freshwater eels.
To Kill a Cormorant

Are double-crested cormorants overrunning their niche—or recovering from centuries of suppression?

As temperatures rise, Australian birds are moving toward the pole.

Ants, All for One!
Ants attempt to rescue their nestmates from a strange trap.
Neigh-Neigh Sisterhood
Female friendships help wild mares cope.
Sweet Spot of the Glyptodont
Ancient mammals whacked away—with just the right part of their tails.

Their cultural history, prehistory, social systems, and more.

Voracious Evolution
Discoveries of more complete remains of cartilagenous fishes have shed new light on the prehistory of sharks and their relatives.
Sociable Killers
New studies of the white shark (aka great white) show that its social life and hunting strategies are complex
Swimming the Walk
Marine predators follow a mathematician’s advice for efficient hunting.
Sharks: Man-Eaters and Others
With suggestions that Americans turn to economic account some of the smaller species of the Atlantic Coast

Instances of a Practice Extending from Remote Times to the Present

Fragments of Spider Lore
Spiders in history
Museum Quiz
American Museum—unique clearinghouse of information
The Fate of the Rash Platybelodon
A Prehistoric Death Trap Yields Its Victims to the Explorer