- Departments
- Features
- Samplings
- Nature.net
- Bookshelf
- Skylog
- Biomechanics
- Picks From the Past
- Endpaper
- Exploring Science and Nature
- Naturalist At Large
- Perspectives
- Universe
- In Print
- Museum Events
- Subscriptions
- Give a Gift Subscription
- Subscribe
- Customer Care
- Bookshelf
Natural History Magazine
advertisement
1
2
3
4
5
RSS
Red Wolf's Last Stand
A pioneering effort to restore a species to the wild continues, even as floodwaters rise and scientists debate the animal’s genetic heritage.
Restoration of the Alewife
A fish that links marine and freshwater environments is finding allies in Maine.
Tracking Tsunami Flotsam
Wind and currents determine where debris from the Japanese catastrophe has floated.
Fate of the Crocker Land Expedition
One hundred years ago, the search began for a mysterious Arctic territory.
Return to Gujarat
The rewards of sharing pictures
Red Wolf's Last Stand
A pioneering effort to restore a species to the wild continues, even as floodwaters rise and scientists debate the animal’s genetic heritage.
Restoration of the Alewife
A fish that links marine and freshwater environments is finding allies in Maine.
Tracking Tsunami Flotsam
Wind and currents determine where debris from the Japanese catastrophe has floated.
Fate of the Crocker Land Expedition
One hundred years ago, the search began for a mysterious Arctic territory.
Return to Gujarat
The rewards of sharing pictures
Monitoring Melting
A pod of elephant seals has helped researchers build the most complete picture to date of how, and how fast, ice shelves fringing East Antarctica are melting.
Plant-Friendly Fungus
A soil fungus, Metarhizium, which is a widespread insect pathogen and killer, has been found to purvey insect-derived nitrogen to plant hosts.
A Real-Life Armageddon?
12,900 years ago, cosmic bombardment by fragments of an asteroid or comet may have caused Earth to enter an unusually cold 1,300-year spell, the Younger Dryas.
Cougars Make New Tracks
Wildlife biologist confirm that cougars have returned to the Midwest after being wiped out a century ago.
Sharks in Our Midst
Their cultural history, prehistory, social systems, and more.
Read more
Voracious Evolution
Discoveries of more complete remains of cartilagenous fishes have shed new light on the prehistory of sharks and their relatives.
Sociable Killers
New studies of the white shark (aka great white) show that its social life and hunting strategies are complex
Sharks: Man-Eaters and Others
With suggestions that Americans turn to economic account some of the smaller species of the Atlantic Coast
RSS
Previous
-
Evolution: Jaw Muscle and Brain Cavity Size
-
Bassler on Bacteria
Next
Winning by a Neck
Some trees succeed in life by offering giraffes a meal of flowers.
Insects as Food
How They Have Augmented the Food Supply of Mankind in Early and Recent Times
The Case of the Vanishing Caterpillar
A butterfly larva’s fate depends on who finds it first—its ant friends or ant foes.
America’s National Parks
Their principles, purposes, and prospects
54-Million-Year-Old Skull Reveals Surprises about Early Evolution of Primate Brains
Fossil Discoveries in Downtown San Diego
A mammoth tusk is discovered during an excavation for a new building
Evolution of the First Flowers
Florida Museum of Natural History Study Provides New Insight.
Dinosaur Hunting
The badlands of southeastern Utah, home to part of the
dinosaur-rich layer of rocks called the Morrison Formation
Nature.net
The Third R
With the spotlight on ’rithmetic, there are now free online sites where you can practice your math skills.
Pain in the Knee
Alternatives to surgery for treating joint pain from arthritis
The Eyes Have It
An Internet guide to the importance of "gaze" in robot-human interactions
Iron Men
An Internet guide to the Iron Age Centic culture
Into the Field
Catch and Release
Bone Collectors and Sacred Trash
Recent Stories
Monitoring Melting
A pod of elephant seals has helped researchers build the most complete picture to date of how, and how fast, ice shelves fringing East Antarctica are melting.
Plant-Friendly Fungus
A soil fungus, Metarhizium, which is a widespread insect pathogen and killer, has been found to purvey insect-derived nitrogen to plant hosts.
A Real-Life Armageddon?
12,900 years ago, cosmic bombardment by fragments of an asteroid or comet may have caused Earth to enter an unusually cold 1,300-year spell, the Younger Dryas.
Cougars Make New Tracks
Wildlife biologist confirm that cougars have returned to the Midwest after being wiped out a century ago.
Recent Reviews
Destination Mars, New Explorations of the Red Planet
By Rod Pyle
Masters of the Planet, The Search for Our Human Origins
By Ian Tattersall
Fireflies, Honey, and Silk
By Gilbert Waldbauer,
Illustrations by James Nardi