Syphilis and the Shepherd of Atlantis
Stephen Jay Gould
The most “poetic” statement about the dreaded plague is not an early physic…
Category: Natural History
The Knuckle-Walking Wounded
Martin N. Muller
In Uganda, chimpanzees are sometimes caught in poachers’ snares.
Climbing a ste…
When a star isn’t born: billions of brown dwarfs illuminate our galaxysoftly
Charles Liu
Picture a cloud of hydrogen gas trillion…
One touch of venom: a box jellyfish is a killer without peer
Jamie Seymour
Found in the waters off northern Australia, the box jell…
Photographing Navajos – Photography
John Collier Jr. on the Reservation, 1948-1953, essays by C. Stewart Doty, Dale S. Mudge, and Herbert…
Mothers and Others
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
FROM QUEEN BEES TO ELEPHANT MATRIARCHS, MANY ANIMAL MOTHERS ARE ASSISTED BY OTHERS IN REARING…
Scenic Byways
Stephanie Fekety
Take the road less traveled.
New Brunswick Adventure in the Wake of Natural Wonder!
We…
Tiny Conspiracies
Bonnie L. Bassler
Cell-to-cell communication allows bacteria to coordinate their activity.
Bacteria have a…
Sex is in the air: birds do it. Bees do it. Sometimes even gentle breezes do it – Biomechanics – plant pollination and reproduction
Adam S…
Maybe it’s Maybelline – The Natural Moment – Brief Article
Judy Rice
Varied and wonderful, the successful life-forms of our planet …
