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Mammoths and Mastodons: All American Monsters
A mammoth discovery in 1705 sparked a fossil craze and gave the young United States a symbol of national might
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UBI in the Knife and Gun Club
The secret language of doctors and nurses
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Mad About Seashells
Collectors have long prized mollusks for their beautiful exteriors, but for scientists, it’s what inside that matters
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The Political History of Cap and Trade
How an unlikely mix of environmentalists and free-market conservatives hammered out the strategy known as cap-and-trade
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Your Name Here
If you're not yet a Hall of Famer, maybe you're just not trying
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On the Origin of a Theory
Charles Darwin's bid for enduring fame was sparked 150 years ago by word of a rival's research
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Blame the Rich
They made us who we are, some researchers now say
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Who's Fueling Whom?
Why the biofuels movement could run out of gas
In the Name of the Law
How to win arguments without really trying
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Death in Happy Valley
A son of the colonial aristocracy goes on trial for killing a poacher in Kenya, where an exploding human population is heightening tensions
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For the Love of Lemurs
To her delight, social worker-turned-scientist Patricia Wright has found the mischievous Madagascar primates to be astonishingly complex
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Dead Lines
Today's obituary writers sum up lives famous and not with pans as well as paeans
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Rethinking Primate Aggression
Researcher Frans de Waal shows that apes (and humans) get along better than we thought
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Close Encounters of the Sneaky Kind
When it comes to mating, the brawny guy is supposed to get the girl, but biologists are finding that small, stealthy suitors do just fine
Kon Artist?
Though evidence against his theory grew, Kon-Tiki sailor Thor Heyerdahl never steered from his course
Monkey Wrench
An American couple's ingenious research challenges the popular notion that baboons and other monkeys are almost human
Following the Track of the Cat
The Bushmen of Namibia are so good at reading the language of footprints they can tell what a leopard did the day before they started pursuing it
Dear Smitty
Our authors write Smitty, our travel editor, about their journeys
So Tiny, So Sweet...So Mean
If hummingbirds were as big as ravens, it probably wouldn't be safe to go for a walk in the woods
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