An battle between environmentalists and loggers left much of the owl's habitat protected. Now the spotted owl faces a new threat
Disparate views from on high
The Wild Things column in the magazine is, by far, the most fun part to work on
The oldest fossil spider was thought to be Attercopus fimbriunguis, which lived around 386 million years ago
Earlier this year, in "On California’s Coast, Farewell to the King Salmon," Abigail Tucker immersed herself and us in the lives of chinook salmon
These whispering bats never really whispered. Their echolocations were thought to be about 70 decibels, about the level of sound coming from speaking
Primatologist and Amazon adventurer Marc van Roosmalen was convicted last year in Brazil of illegal wildlife trafficking and theft of government property
I was surprised to read in the Washington Post yesterday that oak trees from northern Virginia to Nova Scotia failed to produce any acorns this year
Chewing dinosaurs, climate change, self-sacrificing ants and black bears
This is a sea slug, Elysia chlorotica, and it looks like a leaf because it has acquired chloroplasts from its algal prey and stored them in its gut lining
In preparation for tomorrow’s big day, I offer you a selection of articles on the theme of turkey science:How did the turkey in my oven get so big?
One of the first Smithsonian articles I worked on was last year’s Guerrillas in Their Midst, about the endangered mountain gorillas of Rwanda and Congo
With the announcement that the woolly mammoth genome has been sequenced, it seems natural to ask when we will finally see live mammoths
It is difficult to figure out the behaviors of an animal that lived thousands—or millions—of years ago when all you have are its fossilized bones
…the antilopine wallaroo, a type of kangaroo that lives in wet, tropical areas of Australia
Test your insect knowledge by answering these trivia questions
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