“Den of Snakes,” Slate (forthcoming)
“Curious Species,” Natural History (print)
“My 3 Greatest Revelations,” Nautilus
“In the Eye of the Serpent,” Yale University Press blog
“Archives and Counterarchives,” Culture & Animals Foundation News
“Natural History in Two Dimensions,” Commonplace: The Journal of Early American Life
“Science for the History of Science: An Imperfect Tool,” Uncommon Sense
“A Naturalist in Historian’s Clothing,” The Junto: A Group Blog on Early American History
“Refining a Theory: Plate Tectonics in the 21st Century,” LDEO Alumni and Friends News
Selected Rotunda magazine publications
Calling All Senses: Why Flavor Is Not Just a Matter of Taste
New Science for a Classic Hall
Footnotes to a Diorama
Leading the Way
Exhibits Alive!
A Brilliant Defense
Shining Armor
Nabokov’s Type: Lysandra cormion
Celebrating Burroughs’ Legacy 175 Years After His Birth
The Re-making of Mars
Lab Confidential
Nile Crocodile Is Two Species
Selected amnh.org (American Museum of Natural History) publications
As Firefly Numbers Seem to Slide, Researchers Ponder Effects on Ecosystems
Stray Hummingbird Stays Till Spring
Stray Western Hummingbird Visits the Museum’s Flowers
“Punk Eek,” 40 Years Later
Reflections on Space: Liquid Mirror Telescopes in Beyond Planet Earth
Astronauts Share Details from Era-Ending Shuttle Mission
“Not Ready For Their Close-Up,” The Last Word on Nothing
“Notes on Planning Ahead,” The Last Word on Nothing
“As Natural Looking as Nature Itself,” USA Today magazine
“The Physics of Cat Tongues,” Yale Scientific magazine
“In the Field,” Whitney in the White City
Communing with the world’s rarest raccoon (Procyon pygmaeus).