Natural History Magazine

Biomechanics

An African insect could show how to wring moisture from the fog—and let the sun shine on cloudy airports.

Peaks protected fifty years ago by the Wilderness Act no longer keep mountain goats safe from human impact.

By the 1920s, California had lost all of its grizzly bears—once considered a distinct species and an emblem of the state.

Preconceptions skew our view of the biggest killer in the developed world, atherosclerosis.

February 2004