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This image shows an about 1.6 inch (4 cm) large male Yellow-winged Darter (Sympetrum flaveolum) from the side

Dragonfly Dramas

Desert Whitetails and Flame Skimmers cavort in the sinkholes of New Mexico's Bitter Lake Refuge

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Prince of Tides

Before "ecology" became a buzzword, John Steinbeck preached that man is related to the whole thing

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Hero for Our Time

Challenged to prove his germ theory of disease, Louis Pasteur shaped the terrain on which the battle against anthrax is being fought

"Tigers living in a healthy jungle, Seidensticker concludes, don't have to eat people."

Tiger Tracks

Revisiting his old haunts in Nepal, the author looks for tigers and finds a clever new strategy for saving them

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Tigers at the Gate

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Tumbleweeds are on a roll in Idaho

Many Afghans (like Khalil Ali Daoud, with whom Belliveau and O'Donnell stayed) still work the land, despite the danger of land mines.

Marco Polo's Guide to Afghanistan

Two Americans retrace the steps of the 13th-century Italian merchant through a harsh land of tough, hospitable people

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Around the Mall & Beyond

Cold Comfort

Intrepid travelers pay cold hard cash to chill out in the world's coolest hotel

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The Thousand-Yard Stare

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October Surprise

Any other year, giving reactionary author V. S. Naipaul a Nobel Prize would have sparked debate

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Strange Bedfellows

A new exhibition tracks the turbulent nine weeks that artists Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin lived and painted together in the South of France

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Fresh Eyes

It turns out the America portrayed by printmakers Currier and Ives was not all sleigh rides in the snow

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Writer of the Purple Prose

Zane Grey went West, fell in love with the desert and redefined the modern cowboy novel

Choice Victuals

For smithsonian's writers, the curiouser the better

$1,500,000,000!

Making the Smithsonian an even more splendid presence on the American landscape than ever before

A desert tortoise (emerging from its den) may use the same burrow for many years.

Tunnel Vision

Arizona Naturalist Pinau Merlin celebrates life in the desert by keeping a close eye on it

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Something's Fishy

Scientists are trying to fathom why Hawaii's fish population is declining

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Review of GERMS: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War

Review of GERMS: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War

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Eureka! Fell Swoops and Stubborn Molars

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