wildlife

September-October 1922

For thirsty sea snakes, the ocean can be a desert.

Shared child care may be the secret of human evolutionary success.

During the past 40 million years, three great lineages arose in the dog family.

March 2008

What airplane designers could learn from the shape-changing wings of birds

Good thing for us it’s small, because this predator gives no quarter to its quarry.

Toxic hairs enable some caterpillars to venture forth in conspicuous processions.

August 1992

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

November 1985

A butterfly larva’s fate depends on who finds it first—its ant friends or ant foes.

October 1951

The surprising story of Old Bet, the first elephant ever to be brought to America

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.