three singing mice

The Indoor Explorer

Three Singing Mice

Personnel of the Bowdoin-MacMillan Arctic Expedition

To the Strange “Buttons”

The Story of the Bowdoin-MacMillan Arctic Expedition of 1934

dinosaur track

A Dinosaur Walks into the Museum

What scientific "detectives" deduced from the biggest footprints ever found

raining fish

Rains of Fishes

A compilation of the evidence that fishes occasionally fall from the sky

diamond dop

How Diamonds Are Polished

Processes to transform a diamond in the rough into the exquisite brilliant of commerce

Picadilly Museum

Glimpses of Early Museums

The genesis of the habitat group

Great Desert

Mystery of Singing Sands

Many desert travelers have been frightened or awed by this amazing phenomenon

Expedition Headquarters

Bones in the Brewery

A Paleontologist's Rendezvous with History and Prehistory in St. Louis

rage in three guises

What Are They Thinking?

Characteristic facial expressions, postures, and movements are the key to an understanding of animal psychology and the soul of animal art.

A ferry across the Río Negro

Patagonian Oasis

Even amid the wind-swept desolation of southern Argentine a haven may occasionally be found.

Recent Stories

The way they live, the food they eat, and the effect on us

A true but unlikely tale

Story and Photographs by William Rowan

Increasing day length on the early Earth boosted oxygen released by photosynthetic cyanobacteria.

Genomic evidence shows that Denisovans and modern humans may have overlapped in Wallacea.