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Two to tango
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At noon the day entomologist Piotr, Naskrecki hiked into Arizona's Madera Canyon, the mercury was...
Natural History, 09/01/09 by Erin Espelie · More from publication -
Kits in a caboodle
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE NATURAL EXPLANATION [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On safari in Kenya's Masai Mara National...
Natural History, 07/01/09 by Erin Espelie · More from publication -
The natural moment: angling without an angle
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the style of a lone, languid fisherman who infrequently casts a line, the typical anglerfish...
Natural History, 06/01/09 by Erin Espelie · More from publication -
The natural explanation
When Australian bird expert Glen Threlfo spotted a male comb-crested jacana (Irediparra gallinacea) preparing a nest on the pads of a lotus pond in...
Natural History, 05/01/09 by Erin Espelie · More from publication -
Viperized
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE NATURAL EXPLANATION At most altitudes and latitudes around the planet, atop alpine crags or...
Natural History, 04/01/09 by Erin Espelie · More from publication -
Bait ball season
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE NATURAL EXPLANATION When sardines squirmed down Doug Perrine's wet-suit collar for refuge,...
Natural History, 03/01/09 by Erin Espelie · More from publication -
Beetle juice
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Before fireflies took up "flash-dancing," their ancestors likely relied on pheromones to find a...
Natural History, 02/01/09 by Erin Espelie · More from publication -
Critical masses: the natural explanation
[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Aldo Leopold, staunch conservationist and gifted forester, wrote What if there be no more goose...
Natural History, 12/01/08 by Erin Espelie · More from publication -
A study in salmon
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE NATURAL EXPLANATION Every bear has its own of fishing. So says photographer Sergey...
Natural History, 11/01/08 by Erin Espelie · More from publication -
The natural explanation
If you've been on a hike in New England in the last thirty-five years and have noticed a couple "hiking" on their hands and knees, you may have...
Natural History, 10/01/08 by Erin Espelie · More from publication
