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We Know Much Less About Evolution Than We Thought

We Know Much Less About Evolution Than We Thought

The Tree of Life is a Freaky Tree

By David Quammen | August 29, 2018

We Should All Probably Be Eating Seaweed

We Should All Probably Be Eating Seaweed

How to Make Sugar Kelp Noodles with Garlic and Butter and Mussels

By Susan Hand Shetterly | August 17, 2018

Please, Consider the Beaver

Please, Consider the Beaver

On Past and Present Threats to The "Linebacker of the Animal Kingdom"

By Ben Goldfarb | August 1, 2018

The Indisputably Best Dogs in (Contemporary) Literature

The Indisputably Best Dogs in (Contemporary) Literature

Beyond Lassie, Cujo, Marley, and Other Very Good Boys

By Miriam Parker | July 31, 2018

Color or Fruit? On the Unlikely Etymology of

Color or Fruit? On the Unlikely Etymology of "Orange"

Yeah, But Can You Rhyme Something With It?

By David Scott Kastan with Stephen Farthing | July 27, 2018

The Thing About Pig Heads

The Thing About Pig Heads

So There I Was, Holding the Two Halves of a Pig’s Brain in My Palm

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