Natural History Magazine

Peaks protected fifty years ago by the Wilderness Act no longer keep mountain goats safe from human impact.

By the 1920s, California had lost all of its grizzly bears—once considered a distinct species and an emblem of the state.

Preconceptions skew our view of the biggest killer in the developed world, atherosclerosis.

Across the Pacific Ocean, plastics, plastics, everywhere

After terrestrial hermit crabs remodel snail shells, the superior homes become fiercely contested among later generations.

An invertebrate inventory of White Sands National Monument.

Once all the rage to build, more and more dams are coming down

Elephant populations continue to dwindle in Tanzania.

With proper safeguards, water currents can be harnessed out of sight.

Vulnerable everywhere in the wild, lions already face regional extinction.

Reef-building sponges are giving up their long-held secrets.

Peaks protected fifty years ago by the Wilderness Act no longer keep mountain goats safe from human impact.

By the 1920s, California had lost all of its grizzly bears—once considered a distinct species and an emblem of the state.

Preconceptions skew our view of the biggest killer in the developed world, atherosclerosis.