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Seeing Like Darwin. Darwin predicted the existence of a rodent such as this naked mole rat 100 years before its discovery. The naked mole rat shows that mammals can evolve, like social insects, to include specialized workers and queens.

Was Darwin Wrong? Evidence of Evolution. Chrles Darwin's grand theory, evolution by natural selection, links diverse biological facts into a coherent whole. Domestic Breeding of fancy pigeons like this Jacobin was his analogy for seletion in the…

'Locusts' A swarm of locusts is seen in the air just outside of the city of Dakar, Senegal.

Story Title, Harp Seals - The Hunt For Balance Image Title = Facing An Uncertain Future - Photo Caption = Within the icy sea of the Gulf of St. Lawrence near Canada's Magdalen Islands, a harp seal pup floats at the surface. In 2003 hunters landed…

Slope Study

'A BOLT FROM THE GRAY' A lone cloud-to-ground lightning bolt strikes beneath a supercell thunderstorm in south-central Kansas on June 5, 2004. Shortly before this photograph was taken, the severe storm dropped hailstones the size of baseballs. Though…

Deep Decisions-A mountain goat contemplates his next move along the sheer walls of the Grand Canyon of the Stikine River in northern British Columbia.. The Grand Canyon extends for 60 miles along the river's 400 mile route. The goats which live only…

NATURE'S WRATH Newly arriving refugees can do nothing but accept a massive sandstorm at the Ouri Cassoni refugee camp just outside Baha'i, Chad, in the NE part of the country. Of the estimated 187,816 Sudani refugees in Chad, roughly 16,771 reside in…