Evolution in Black and White
The alternative color forms of some animals are providing new insights into how animals adapt and evolve
A Melting Antarctica Could Bring an Underwater Smithsonian
Some unknown day in the future, ongoing climate change virtually assures the West Antarctic Ice Sheet will melt away
Pondering the EcoFont
Like any workplace, I get my share of internal junk mail. Workshops, vacancy announcements, blood drives and Weight Watchers sign-ups
A Link Between Dams and Earthquakes?
The earth is big, and so are the tectonic plates—it doesn’t seem possible that anything humans could do to the earth would have an effect on those plates
Go to the Galápagos, See What Charles Darwin Saw
A senior editor visited the Galapagos - here’s what she saw
Wolves and the Balance of Nature in the Rockies
After years as an endangered species, the wolves are thriving again in the West, but they’re also reigniting a fierce controversy
Steering Ships Through a Treacherous Waterway
Braving storms with high seas a group of elite ship pilots steers tankers and freighters through the Columbia River
What Darwin Didn’t Know
Today’s scientists marvel that the 19th-century naturalist’s grand vision of evolution is still the key to life
Wild Things: Life as We Know It
Honeyeater birds, sea slugs, tree frogs, and more
Picture of the Week — Emperor Penguins
Can cuteness save the Emperor penguin?
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