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Spring
2002
Vol. 55:2
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A tree frog found only on the island of Sao Tome, off the coast
of West Africa. Genetic analysis is now underway to determine if
it belongs in its own separate genus. Image
by Dong Lin
Departments
Life
On The Edge
Intimations of Isolation
•Keith K. Howell Horizons
Lights, Camera, Squid
•Kathleen Wong
Habitats
Salt from Old Wounds
•Gordy Slack
Counterpoints
in Science
Crazy about Food
•Jerold M. Lowenstein
Letters
to the Editor
Almanac praise
Luis Baptista
Reviews
•John Dillon
on Darwin
•Adrian Barnett
on Wallace
•Elizabeth Rush
on Montague Alexander
•Editors' Recommendations
Here
At The Academy
School of Fishes
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Features
Islands
at the Center of the World
Near the intersection of the equator and the zero meridian are the
islands of Sao Tome and Principe. An expedition of California scientists
sets out to unravel the origins of their unusual assemblage of animals.
•Bob Drewes
A
Man for All Skulls
The basement of an unassuming house in Northern California is the
resting place for 6,000 skulls of mammals and birds collected from
around the world. The collection is the work of a single dedicated
headhunter.
•Kathleen M. Wong
It's
Everybody's Fault
If the 1906 San Francisco earthquake were to strike today at the
same place and with the same intensity, would the damage to the
city and inhabitants be greater than last time? And how will we
cope?
•Betsy Mason
At Home in the
Natural World
Skyguide
Pacific Rim solar eclipse
•Bing F. Quock
Naturalist's
Almanac
What to look for this Spring
•David Lukas
Not available
online:
Great Clumping Galaxies
Powerful telescopes have revealed galactic assemblages puzzling to
astronomers but familiar to bubble bath aficionados.
•Maggie McKee Wild
Lives
Secrets of the Ocean Sunfish
•Alice Cascorbi
In Pursuit of Science: Prehistoric Paths
Students learn about prehistoric Paiute peoples by learning their
lifeways.
•Stephanie Greenman
A Closer Look: Vernal Pools
Likened to snowflakes in their uniqueness and islands in their
isolation, these impermanent waters in California's Central Valley
are home to a host of species found nowhere else.
•Matthew Bettelheim
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