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Beyond DNA: Epigenetics
Deciphering the link between nature and nurture
Snake Oil Redux
Tourists are only encouraging a dubious Vietnamese tradition.
Eat Dirt?
Allergies, autoimmune disease, and the hygiene hypothesis
Fate of the Caspian Sea
Threatened by pollution and climate change, the future of Earth’s largest inland body of water is in the hands of five bordering nations.
Messengers from the Arctic
It's a banner year for snowy owls
Air Drop
Raindrop pockmarks may provide clue to the density of Earth's atmosphere 2.7 billion years ago when the Sun was 30 percent dimmer than today.
Long-Distance Tweets
The tiny songbird, Northern Wheatear, has the stamina to make one of the farthest recorded migrations—scaled for body size—of any bird, as much as 9,000 miles in each direction between the North American Arctic and Africa.
Lil’ Lizards
Four new species of chameleons are discovered in Madagascar. Three rank among the world's smallest amneote vertibrates (the group comprising reptiles, birds, and mammals).
Pole Watchers
Projected slowdown of ozone loss by the end of the current decade can be seen as a first sign of ozone recovery
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
The Creation Myths of Cooperstown
Or why the Cardiff Giants are an unbeatable and appropriately named team.
Little Criminals
A true story of a lonely plant ecologist and his mischievous neighbors
Mothers and Others
From queen bees to elephant matriarchs, many animal mothers are assisted by others in rearing offspring.
Science on Top of the World
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.
Nature.net
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
Magnetic Minerals
An Internet guide to mineral magnetism
Nano Nano
An Internet guide to the nanoworld
Into the Field
Recent Stories
Recent Interview
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Hear author Michio Kaku interviewed by Vittorio Maestro, Editor in Chief of Natural History. (MP3, 19 minutes) |
