Animal Insight
Recent studies illustrate which traits humans and apes have in common—and which they don’t
Midas Touch
To clean highly polluted groundwater, Michael Wong has developed a detergent based on gold
How to Make a Dodo
Biologist Beth Shapiro has figured out a recipe for success in the field of ancient DNA research
Rock of Ages
Where did the world’s highest mountains come from? Geologist Elizabeth Catlos takes a new view
Creatures of the Deep!
A new book of photographs taken in the ocean depths reveals a world abounding in unimagined life
Guerrillas in Their Midst
Face to face with Congo’s imperiled mountain gorillas
Teaming up with Thoreau
One hundred fifty years after the publication of Walden, Henry David Thoreau is helping scientists monitor global warming
Wild Things: Life As We Know It
Tail-waving squirrels, black-footed ferrets and tool-using crows
Fred Spoor
The evolution scholar talks about a landmark new study challenging the classic view of human ancestry
Hatching a New Idea
Electronic eggs hatch new insights into breeding exotic birds at the National Zoo
From the Castle
Health Checks
Mystery at Sea
How mercury gets into tuna and other fish in the ocean has scientists searching from the coast to the floor
FOR HIRE: Volcanologist
Richard Fiske discusses his groundbreaking work
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