Natural History Magazine

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A rare bird’s elaborate mating habits help a tropical tree disperse its seeds.

Read and view Bassler's findings on cell-to-cell communication.

Centuries of astronomy, plus video-game technology, offer a stunning new perspective on our place in space.

Insects induce plants to grow nurseries for their larvae.

Alfred C. Kinsey's scientific interests went well beyond sex.

Pompadours in the Palms

A rare bird’s elaborate mating habits help a tropical tree disperse its seeds.
Tiny Conspiracies

Read and view Bassler's findings on cell-to-cell communication.
Virtual Universe

Centuries of astronomy, plus video-game technology, offer a stunning new perspective on our place in space.
Confessions of a Gall Hunter

Insects induce plants to grow nurseries for their larvae.
The Other Kinsey Report

Alfred C. Kinsey's scientific interests went well beyond sex.

Researchers probe the origin of barnacle glue.

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

Electron microscopy has shown the biologist a complex, new world.

Lost Continents
Ever since the days of the Greeks, people have tried to prove that thriving civilizations once existed on huge islands that have since sunk beneath the sea.
Individuality, Temperament, and Genius in Animals
Research that lets us appreciate human individuality
Thunder in His Footsteps
The ghost of the most gigantic animal that ever walked the earth is conjured to life when a lone fossil hunter tracks down the first true footprints left by this stupendous creature, and thrills to the romance of a great discovery.