Natural history
págs. 6-6
Holey Waters: On a dry hillside, a rain-filled tree hole may be the only available nursery for gnats, midges, punkies, mosquitoes, marsh beetles, and a host of other small organisms.
págs. 12-13
Close Encounters: A recent mission to an asteroid reveals secrets about these drifting space rocks.
págs. 14-15
págs. 15-15
Linnaeus's Luck?: Why does the great creationist's system of classification work in Darwin's world? And what does the resolution of this paradox teach us about the importance and fascination of taxonomy?.
págs. 18-25
Leaf Reading in Oahu: A Hawaiian mountain trail provides plant detectives with plenty of exercise.
págs. 26-29
Molecule, Heal Thyself: Genetics is rapidly transforming how we think about disease.
págs. 30-34
Jaws of Death: If you were an oyster, the last thing you'd want is a ray with a crush on you.
Carl Zimmer, Sally J. Bensusen (il.)
págs. 36-37
A Floral Twist of Fate: New Zealand mistletoes that bear strange, sealed flowers depend on savvy native pollinators to thrive.
págs. 38-43
Attack and Counterattack: The Never-Ending Story of Hosts and Parasites.
págs. 44-51
The Price of Salt: In Myanmar's far north, the body parts of endangered wildlife are bartered for a scarce and highly prized commodity.
Alan Rabinowitz, Steve Winter (fot.)
págs. 52-57
The Lemurs of Kirindy: Madagascar's Kirindy Forest leaps from dry to lush in the short, hot rainy season. The forest's eight lemur species adapt to the seasonal changes in varied-and sometimes dramatic-ways.
págs. 58-65
págs. 78-80
págs. 80-80
Richard Milner, Jürg Alean (fot.)
págs. 82-83
The Matsés Inventory: In northeastern Peru, Museum mammalogists tap local knowledge to catalog the fauna of the rainforest.
págs. 84-86
Island of the Alpes: How I survived reality TV.
págs. 87-87
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