Natural History Magazine

Biomechanics

Some echinoderms have thousands of eyes on their backs. When the lights come on, they switch to wearing shades.

Picks from the Past

Through Islam and the Internet, a new generation seeks its fair share.

Even at an early evolutionary stage, bird-like dinosaurs occupied different niches in the same ecosystem,

Dung beetles use light from the MIlky Way to find their way

Recently identified subspecies ranges farther than first imagined: across Africa.

An archaeologist ponders the fate of Hoover Dam

May 2004