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The Secret Lives of Moths

The nocturnal insects with surprising pollination power

April 21, 2025

The Last of Their Kind

Are efforts to resurrect the northern white rhino more technological hubris than genuine conservation?

April 18, 2025

Living with Lab Mice

A philosopher reflects on their unexpected roommates

April 16, 2025

The Animals That Exist Between Life and Death

At the dawn of microbiology, scientists glimpsed unseen worlds and stumbled into a philosophical purgatory

April 16, 2025

We Could Have Been Warthogs

The peerless animal wisdom of Robert Sapolsky

April 16, 2025

We’re All Wild Things

Welcome to the Animal Issue

When Earth Was a Pale Green Dot

The planet’s first photosynthesizers dined on green light

April 15, 2025

Planet Nurseries Are Smaller Than We Thought

An explanation for the abundance of super-Earths

April 14, 2025

Why Our Brains Crave Ideology

A neuroscientist reveals how to nurture authentic and flexible thinking

April 11, 2025

Eastern North America Is a Geological Hotbed

Violent crumpling of rock left a continental edge that is much more interesting than we imagined

April 11, 2025

Sea Slug, Climate Change Warrior

A species of sea hare has an impressive tolerance for heat and a penchant for gene mixing

April 10, 2025

The Birds Eat the Bees

The crested honey buzzard’s unique adaptations help them eat their favorite food: young bees and wasps

April 9, 2025