Natural history
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Stone Ground Flowers: Born of molten rock, isolated mountains offer fragile niches to plants.
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Location, location, location: Female bats in a maternity roost seek the ideal temperature zone.
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That Sneaky Solstice: As the days start getting shorter, why isn't the Sun setting earlier?.
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Eight if by land, none if by sea: Leg deployment is crucial to a crab's success as it moves in and out of the water.
Carl Zimmer, Sally J. Bensusen (il.)
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The jew and the jew stone: ruminations on earlier views of fossils, medicines and minorities.
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A Worm That Turned: Exemplars of biological control, Cactoblastis larvae have long lived up to their name by devouring unwanted prickly pear cacti. Lately the caterpillars are revealing a taste for rarer succulents.
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William D. Hamilton Remembered: A revolutionary thinker, Hamilton gave biologists the tools for understanding sociality in all organisms.
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Inner beauty: When minerals seep into fossils, nature is transformed into art.
Giraud Foster (fot.), Norman Barker (fot.)
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The Crown of Montecristi: Genuine Panama hats are crafted-as they always have been-in Ecuador.
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A Star Is Born: The fleshy pink "fingers" on the snout of the star-nosed mole point to this animal's unique evolutionary history.
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Rhythm and Blooms: How do plants decide when it's time to make flowers? Finally scientists have some answers.
Rosie Mestel, Rodica Prato (il.)
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Myth and Bone: What influence did spectacular fossil finds have on the legends of the early Greeks and Romans?.
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