Natural History
America's Endangered Natural History Museums Hold the DNA Secrets of a Vanishing World
If it's true we're on the verge of a sixth extinction, these smaller collections offer crucial perspectives—and specimens—that bigger museums simply can't provide.
Digitally Mapping Ocean Ecosystems From the Past
The American Museum of Natural History has enlisted coders to build visualizations of its massive amounts of ecological data.
A Conversation With Jane Goodall
As Jane Goodall turns 80, Henry Nicholls talks to her about her remarkable career studying chimpanzee behavior, her animal welfare activism, and accusations of plagiarism in her latest book.