Egypt Young

Egypt’s Young and Restless

Through Islam and the Internet, a new generation seeks its fair share.

sharks attacks Jersey Shore

Sharks: Man-Eaters and Others

With suggestions that Americans turn to economic account some of the smaller species of the Atlantic Coast

National Parks

America’s National Parks

Their principles, purposes, and prospects

USS Arizona wreck

The Arizona Revisited

Divers explore the legacy of Pearl Harbor.

Theodore Roosevelt in Brazil

Animals of Central Brazil

Together with mention of the geographical work of the Roosevelt-Rondon South American expedition in exploring the “River of Doubt”

Blind children at American Museum of Natural History

The Blind in the American Museum

The Museum develops programs for the blind.

star-nosed mole

A Star Is Born

The fleshy pink "fingers" on the snout of the star-nosed mole point to this animal's unique evolutionary history.

thornbug

Thornbug to Thornbug

The inside story of insect song

Voracious Evolution

Discoveries of more complete remains of cartilagenous fishes have shed new light on the prehistory of sharks and their relatives.

Winning by a Neck

Some trees succeed in life by offering giraffes a meal of flowers.

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.