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Stories from this author
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The American Ambassador Who Tried to Prevent Pearl Harbor
A new book explores the diplomatic efforts of Joseph C. Grew, who was assigned to Tokyo between 1932 and 1942
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Humans Would Be Better Off If They Monkeyed Around Like the Muriquis
Biologist Karen Strier has been studying these peace-loving Brazilian primates and their egalitarian lifestyle for decades
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Long maligned as nasty scavengers, hyenas turn out to be protective parents and accomplished hunters
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Mountain lions are thought to be multiplying in the West and heading east. Can we learn to live with these beautiful, elusive creatures?
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Recent attacks on people off the Florida coast are a reminder of the animal’s fierce nature. Yet scientists say the predator is itself in grave danger
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Eighty years after a Dayton, Tennessee, jury found John Scopes guilty of teaching evolution, the citizens of “Monkeytown” still say Darwin’s for the birds
The news from New York’s Central Park has been grim lately, but Maria Hernandez is holding up her end
Bighorn sheep have made a big comeback in recent years, but some developers out West think they’re intruders
The “Sea Canary” Sings the Blues
The beluga whales of Canada’s St. Lawrence River have endured a lot over the years, but they’re still around, and still controversial
Was it a scorpion? A spider? A snake? The toxin experts at APDIC can tell you what to do
We can’t live without it. Salt runs through our language, our history, and our veins
Autographs of luminaries from Lincoln to Liberace feed the yen for nostalgia and a brush with fame
The Quiet Man of American Modernism
From the outside, Arthur Dove’s life appeared out of kilter, but his inner vision shone through
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At the ‘Mayo Clinic for Animals,’ the Extraordinary Is Routine
New York’s renowned veterinary hospital takes on almost anything, from a constricted boa to a mite-infested mouse to an anemic iguana
If It Moves, Grab It, but Try Not to Get the End That Bites
That’s the advice researchers in Venezuela give volunteers who help them find and collect specimens of the world’s biggest boa
What’s Good For the Goose May Not be Good For You
Honk if you’ve had it up to here with geese on the golf course, in your yard, all over parks and beaches. You are not the only one