tagging bonethead shark

Catch and Release

Tagging sharks is vital to understanding population dynamics.

tusk

Fossil Discoveries in Downtown San Diego

A mammoth tusk is discovered during an excavation for a new building

Persea americana

Evolution of the First Flowers

Florida Museum of Natural History Study Provides New Insight.

Chiappe

Dinosaur Hunting

The badlands of southeastern Utah, home to part of the
dinosaur-rich layer of rocks called the Morrison Formation

When Titanoboa ruled the Amazon

Florida Museum researchers’ discovery of a giant fossilized snake reveals that the tropics were ruled by beasts larger than anyone imagined.

White-tailed deer mandibles

Bone Collectors and Sacred Trash

To the Maya, throwing away the bones of hunted animals is as wasteful as throwing away the entire animal itself.

Antarctica
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Recent Stories

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.

Recent Interview

Xiaoming Wang

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