Natural History

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Articles in May 2002 issue of Natural History

• Blue sky
  by Karl A. Hartman
• The bite stuff: an old jaw provides clues to ancient diversity, ecology, and geography
  by Scott D. Sampson
• Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
• Sea highs, sea lows: despite humanity's depredations, two biologists remain hopeful about the fate of the world's oceans
  by Jeff Fair
• ID vs. evolution
• On being baffled: stop the presses! To scientists, the universe is a source of endless puzzlement
  by Neil deGrasse Tyson
• Swift: binoculars
• Making the Moon
  by Robert (American businessman and engineer) Anderson
• A mammoth mystery: was accuracy sacrificed to romance in the Museum's mural of Font-de-Gaume?
  by Joyce Cloughly
• The new black: what happens to science when facts meet fashion?
  by Richard Panek
• Little St. Simons Island
• Bookshelf
• Museum events in May
• The sky in May
  by Joe Rao
• The making of a blossom: a flower's evolutionary past may be read in the genes that influence its development
  by Enrico Coen
• Bulldozer
  by Brittain Phillips
• Cretaceous mother
  by Stephan Reebs
• Desire under the figs: an Amazonian bird's unusual diet results in an even more unusual mating system
  by Peter T. Sherman
• An American fantasy: myths about rural life are as old as the Greek eclogues and as modern as the L.L. Bean catalog. Nineteenth-century America gave us the Age of Homespun, an ideological haven from the more complicated realities of the country's history
  by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
• Disassembly required
  by Michael Hansell
• Double agent
  by Stephan Reebs
• Welcome to the Wonder …: New Brunswick, Canada! New Brunswick, Canada has so many wonders waiting to be experienced and explored. From preserved parks to spectacular natural sites, welcome to the wonder of New Brunswick!
• Little loggers make a big difference: the tastes of two small rodents—the meadow vole and the white-footed mouse—can determine what trees grow in a forest
  by Richard S. Ostfeld
• This alien-looking creature is a newly described species of squid that lives near the seafloor at great depths
  by Stephan Reebs
• New York State: the Empire State offers art and history along its highways and byways
• Parallel brides: for some families in Turkey, matchmaking is an intricate dance
  by Mustafa Turker Ersen
• Fish in the fast lane
  by Stephan Reebs
• Quebec City
• Sands of time: a small prairie that formed at the end of the Ice Age is an Iowa gem
  by Robert H. Mohlenbrock
• Transformations
  by Ellen Goldensohn
• Flared welcome
  by Stephan Reebs
• Colonial Williamsburg: America's favorite restored village is celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary
• Fast food joints: special hinges in their lower jaw enable some skinny little snakes to eat at an astonishing speed
  by Adam Summers
• A home run
  by David B. Harris
• Digestive move
  by Stephan Reebs
• Arizona
• Wanted: secluded, shady nest, streamside view; for a small forest bird, real estate may boost sex appeal
  by Peter J. Marchand