Perspectives
July-August 2017
Improbable Replications
Replaying evolution, often but not inevitably, yields similar outcomes.
May 2017
Rio Tinto and the Mines
The long-dormant site of Spain’s first environmental protest in 1888, revisited.
Condors and Carcasses
Barely pulled back from the brink of extinction, California condors are still being poisoned by lead-based ammunition.
The Big Ivory Apple
An illegal market has not, as advertised, gone out of business.
Spit and Image
The wonderful world of mucus
Remembering Stephen Jay Gould
Human evolution was not a special case of anything.
Great Adaptations
Research on a versatile bacterium provides insight into multicellular microbial life and tackling infections as deadly as those associated with cystic fibrosis.
Restoration of the Alewife
A fish that links marine and freshwater environments is finding allies in Maine.
Snake Oil Redux
Tourists are only encouraging a dubious Vietnamese tradition.