Natural History

Mar 10, 2023 | naturalhistorymag.com | Robert Anderson

An Internet guide to dinosaursMost children these days go through a “dinosaur phase,” and my son was no exception. Before his interest subsided, he’d consumed just about everything he could get his hands on about the geologic age of the dinosaurs. He’s moved on now, but every once in a while, I catch him pulling out one of his dinosaur tomes. It’s a reminder that our fascination with these animals never quite goes extinct.

Mar 10, 2023 | naturalhistorymag.com | James Michael Dorsey

Discover gray whales in the isolated San Ignacio lagoonThis bonus story appears only onlineA giant gray back breaks the surface, slowly rising like an island being born, and the first crack of the blow skims across the water like a gunshot. A lethargic torpedo heads directly towards me, and when the great head rises at the last second, I am eye to eye with a forty-ton gray whale.

Mar 9, 2023 | naturalhistorymag.com | Josie Glausiusz

Tigers and other “exotics” have become hefty commodities in the U.S.Three times a year the small town of Mount Hope, Ohio hosts a three-day sale of exotic animals. For a modest entrance fee of five dollars, visitors can meander among the crates, shopping for bearded dragons, Fennec foxes, and wallabies. Or they can ponder the merits of purchasing a black bear, a cougar, a sugar glider, or a zebra.

Mar 9, 2023 | naturalhistorymag.com | Robert Anderson

Jan 23, 2022 | naturalhistorymag.com | Kati Moore