"The beauty and brilliancy of this insect are indescribable, and none but a naturalist can understand the intense excitement I experienced when I at length captured it. On taking it out of my net and ...

Jim DeCap's column on God and evolution opened up an interesting topic. But he got something wrong, namely the important role of death. He said natural selection is "genetic mutation without man's ...

Introduction -- Part 1. This is a dead frog. Life and death in the universe -- Senescence and what waits for the lucky few -- Fear and loathing in Birchwood -- Free radicals and the secrets within -- ...