There is nothing more romantic than a moonlit night. So goes many a love song. But for animals from bat rays to wriggling, seagoing palolo worms, the moon is more than a romantic backdrop -- it's a key signal that the time has come to ...
From the sea horse that mates in an hypnotic underwater ballet to the rodent who copulates until he literally drops dead, THE NATURE OF SEX spans the globe to illustrate how an astonishing diversity of life forms find their mates and conceive, raise, and protect ...
Evolution makes the surreal seem commonplace in NATURE's The Body Changers. In The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka wrote about a hapless fellow who awakens one day to find he has changed into a cockroach. In the world of fiction, this is an example of surrealism; in the ...
Migrating animals are often welcomed and celebrated as a sign of seasonal change. Red-breasted robins herald the coming of spring, while the mournful honk of a goose heading south hints at the coming of winter. But there is one animal whose migrations cause fear: the ...
In the world of migrants, the petite Arctic tern is a champion. Each year, the robin-sized seabird, featured in NATURE's EARTH NAVIGATORS, travels up to 20,000 miles from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back. The feat is even more remarkable, researchers say, because the ...
NATURE follows the world's most dauntless creatures in their epic migrations in Earth Navigators. Springtime brings greenery and color to the English countryside, signaling whooper swans to undertake an extraordinary and dangerous journey -- including a 400-mile flight over open ocean -- to their traditional ...
NATURE explores why many creatures -- humans included -- seem to have an Obsession with Orchids. No flowering plant has captured the attention of humans, or stirred their passions, in quite the way that orchids have. In past ages, orchids -- in all their 20,000 ...
Modern Zoos It's not Australia, but koalas feel at home. If you are the sort of person who complains about overly large zoo exhibits that allow animals to stray from the most prominent viewing areas, you should take a closer look at what these wildlife ...
Condors: Back to the Wild During the 1930s, an estimated 150 California condors lived in the wild. By 1987, that number was down to just 27 birds. Researchers believe that suburban sprawl, sport hunting, and pesticides all contributed to the near demise of this species. ...
