RICHARD CONNIFF

Large swaths of what we now regard as basic medical knowledge came originally from naturalists.

Among environmentalists sharing two or three beers, the notion is quite common that if only some calamity could wipe out the entire human race, other species might once again have a chance.

The natural world is full of females falling hard for stupid male display behavior, including bright feathers, big antlers, and bombastic courtship rituals.

We are turning the world into a McDonald’s ecosystem with the same species living roughly the same way everywhere.

We are turning the world into a McDonald’s ecosystem with the same species living roughly the same way everywhere.

Large swaths of what we now regard as basic medical knowledge came originally from naturalists.

The natural world is full of females falling hard for stupid male display behavior, including bright feathers, big antlers, and bombastic courtship rituals.

Among environmentalists sharing two or three beers, the notion is quite common that if only some calamity could wipe out the entire human race, other species might once again have a chance.