Natural History Magazine

December 2009-January 2010

An Internet guide to the Iron Age Centic culture

November 2009

An Internet guide to mineral magnetism

October 2009

An Internet guide to the nanoworld

September 2009

An Internet guide to exploring the mysteries of sunspots

July-August 2009

An Internet guide to the technological wonders of the Middle Kingdom

June 2009

An Internet guide to how muscles work

May 2009

An Internet guide to tracking and tagging the animal world

April 2009

An Internet guide to allergies and the immune system

March 2009

An Internet guide to the realm of Khan

February 2009

An Internet guide to the social system of superorganisms

December 2008–January 2009

An Internet guide to the history of Saharan climate change

Teeth that stab or crush to match their meal

To walk on walls and ceilings, your feet have to stick, but they have to get unstuck, too.

Ferns and fungi that explosively reproduce

The seemingly unwieldy shape of a fish is anything but a drag.

Hear author Xiaoming Wang interviewed by Vittorio Maestro, Editor in Chief of Natural History. (MP3, 17 minutes)

Nature.net