Biology
Arctic Dispatch: Thermokarst and Toolik
The team studies consequences of the Arctic’s warming temperatures
July 03, 2008 |
By Christine Dell’Amore
Arctic Dispatch: A Polar Bear Plunge
A trip to the oil-rich Prudhoe Bay region ends in an Arctic swim
July 03, 2008 |
By Christine Dell’Amore
Patricia Zaradic, Conservation Ecologist, Pennsylvania
The trouble with "videophilia"
April 2008 |
By Megan Gambino
Giant Footprint
How the world's 6.6 billion people threaten the health of the ecosystem
January 28, 2008 |
By Diana Parsell
Roots of the Sea
What mangroves give the world and why we can't afford to lose them
January 28, 2008 |
By Sarah Zielinski
Up in Smoke
Amazon research that has withstood thieves and arsonists now faces its greatest challenge
January 28, 2008 |
By Jess Blumberg
Personal Genome Project
These holidays, give the people who have everything the one thing they don't: a map of their own DNA
December 12, 2007 |
By Eric Jaffe
How to Make a Dodo
Biologist Beth Shapiro has figured out a recipe for success in the field of ancient DNA research
October 2007 |
By Andrew Curry
Hatching a New Idea
Electronic eggs hatch new insights into breeding exotic birds at the National Zoo
October 2007 |
By Jess Blumberg
Barbaro's Legacy
The effort to save the fallen champion shows how far equine medicine has come in recent years. And how far it still has to go
April 2007 |
By Steve Twomey
Family Ties
African Americans use scientific advances to trace their roots
February 01, 2007 |
By Whitney Dangerfield
Interview: Margaret Lowman
Bugs in trees and kids in labs get their due in a new book by "Canopy Meg"
December 2006 |
By Marian Smith Holmes
Mirror Image
The first evidence that elephants can recognize themselves
December 2006 |
By Eric Jaffe
Mirror Image
The first evidence that elephants can recognize themselves
November 07, 2006 |
By Eric Jaffe
Song and Dance Man
Growing up in a gritty urban neighborhood, Erich Jarvis dreamed of becoming a ballet star. Now the scientist's studies of how birds learn to sing are forging a new understanding of the human brain
November 2006 |
By Jerry Adler
Neanderthal Man
Svante Paabo has probed the DNA of Egyptian mummies and extinct animals. Now he hopes to learn more about what makes us tick by decoding the DNA of our evolutionary cousins.
October 2006 |
By Steve Olson
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
A Nobel laureate holds forth on flies, genes and women in science.
June 2006 |
By Amy Crawford
Medical Sleuth
To prosecutors, it was child abuse - an Amish baby covered in bruises, but Dr. D. Holmes Morton had other ideas
February 2006 |
By Tom Shachtman
35 Who Made a Difference: Mark Plotkin
An ethnobotanist takes up the cause of rain forest conservation
November 01, 2005 |
By Elizabeth Royte
35 Who Made a Difference: James Watson
After DNA, what could he possibly do for an encore?
November 01, 2005 |
By Smithsonian magazine
