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Wet Galaxy

Signs of water from long ago and far away.

blowfish

Boxed Up to Go

The seemingly unwieldy shape of a fish is anything but a drag.

algae

Keep Me Hanging On

Surviving in the intertidal zone tests the rubbery limits of algae.

shipwrecked

Thirst

Can shipwrecked men survive if they drink sea water?

Namib beetle

Like Water Off a Beetle’s Back

An African insect could show how to wring moisture from the fog—and let the sun shine on cloudy airports.

baby gray whale on top of mother

Gray Whales Revealed

Discover gray whales in the isolated San Ignacio lagoon

Munidopsis andamanica

Room and Board

A crustacean exploits an unexpected food source at the bottom of the sea.

raining fish

Rains of Fishes

A compilation of the evidence that fishes occasionally fall from the sky

sea stars

Rising Stars

Sea stars grow faster in warmer, acidified water.

rain

Wrong as Rain

It's been raining less than we thought.

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Recent Interview

Xiaoming Wang

Hear author Xiaoming Wang interviewed by Vittorio Maestro, Editor in Chief of Natural History. (MP3, 17 minutes)