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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?
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.
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
Thomas Jefferson’s Contributions to Natural History
His effort sent out the Lewis and Clark exploring party into the unknown West.
“Robinson Crusoe’s Children”
The Strange Story of Nine English Mutineers Who Took Up Their Abode With Their Native Tahitian Wives, on a Desert Island in the South Seas.
The Blind in the American Museum
The Museum develops programs for the blind.
The Darwin Celebration
Science on Top of the World
Fossil Discoveries in Downtown San Diego
A mammoth tusk is discovered during an excavation for a new building
Evolution of the First Flowers
Florida Museum of Natural History Study Provides New Insight.
Nature.net
Magnetic Minerals
An Internet guide to mineral magnetism
Nano Nano
An Internet guide to the nanoworld
Our Quiet Star
An Internet guide to exploring the mysteries of sunspots
That Gnawing Feeling
An Internet guide to the troublesome termite
Into the Field
Popular Stories
Recent Stories
Recent Interview
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Hear author Xiaoming Wang interviewed by Vittorio Maestro, Editor in Chief of Natural History. (MP3, 17 minutes) |
