Katherine Harmon Courage
The Water Bear—from First Look to Facebook
250 years ago, a theologist looked under a microscope and discovered the “most peculiar” creature
What Fueled the Ocean’s Largest Terror
Megalodon teeth reveal a secret to their ancient super-predator status
The Largest Iceberg on Earth Is Stuck
A new view of the berg shows it’s losing its edge
Storm Chasers on the Hail Trail
The quest to map a costly weather phenomenon
From the Debris of Halley’s Comet
This week, chunks of the famous comet will fall to Earth in the Eta Aquarids meteor shower
A Map for Vanishing Animals
The geography of loss, in two imaginative charts
We’re All Wild Things
Welcome to the Animal Issue
The Kinship Issue
Connection is primal.
When Reality Feels Unreal
Why your life sometimes feels alien to you.
Jupiter’s Incredible Shrinking Spot
Earth’s meteorology could explain what’s behind the great red whorl’s waning.