Tag Archives: Scientists

What Japan’s Wild Snow Monkeys Can Teach Us About Animal Culture

The “Snow Monkey Express”was almost empty when I rode with a few other tourists from [...]

Neuroscientist David Eagleman on What Is Possible in the Cosmos

David Eagleman is a neuroscientist, author, and entrepreneur. He heads the Laboratory for Perception and Action at [...]

Guy Consolmangno, the Vatican’s Chief Astronomer, on Balancing Church With the Cosmos

Brother Guy Consolmagno is the director of the Vatican Observatory and president of the Vatican [...]

This Wonder Bird Flies Thousands of Miles, Non-Stop, as Part of an Epic Migration

Bog walking is a treacherous business. The bog, or muskeg, near Beluga, Alaska, is a [...]

A Journey to the Northernmost Tree in Alaska

Ecologist Roman Dial removes a shell from his 12-gauge shotgun. “Wherever this lands,” he says, [...]

See Stunning Images of Female Birds, Often Overlooked by Wildlife Photographers

In trying to capture the perfect image of a bird, photographers often focus on the [...]

The Old Man and the Tree

I meet Bob Leverett in a small gravel parking lot at the end of a [...]

The Wonder of Avi Loeb

Abraham Loeb knows how improbable it is that he’s here. First, there had to be [...]

How Do Animals React to a Total Solar Eclipse? Scientists Document Strange and Surprising Behaviors

As a total solar eclipse darkened the sky during the afternoon of August 31, 1932, [...]