Picks From The Past
October 1979
Marriage as Warfare
After decades of ferocious fighting, the Swat wife usually triumphs over her beleaguered husband.
August-September 1974
Disappearance of the Historic Ship Tijger
Part of New York’s heritage vanished when bulldozers dug the foundation for the World Trade Center
July-August 2006
The Other Kinsey Report
Alfred C. Kinsey's scientific interests went well beyond sex.
January 1954
An Anteater Named Teddy
Even as a pet, his single interest was in ants, and he never quite got used to a tame chimpanzee.
October 1950
Beasts Before the Bar
Quaint court scenes of yesteryear show that ignorance of the law was once no excuse even for an animal.
May 1939
A Fossil Comes to Life
One of the most important zoological discoveries of the present century gives us a glimpse at the closest living relative of our fish-like ancestors.