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Why We Might Not Find Life on Titan
At most, its oceans may contain biomass equivalent to a small dog
Destruction for Thee, Habitat for Me
For Schaus’ swallowtail butterflies, hurricanes mean clear skies and bright futures
Conjuring Imaginary Creatures
Dinosaur illustrator Mick Ellison on the evolution of using science and art to visualize the long-extinct animals of the deep past
As Mountains Rise, Biodiversity Blooms
Steeper, faster, and higher peaks make more species
In Search of the First Animals
A fossilized ocean reef on a mountaintop may hold clues to the evolution of complex life
The Last of Their Kind
Are efforts to resurrect the northern white rhino more technological hubris than genuine conservation?
The Animals That Exist Between Life and Death
At the dawn of microbiology, scientists glimpsed unseen worlds and stumbled into a philosophical purgatory
