Stirring ingredients into your vocabulary does not have to be an ordeal. Just follow this route to our glossary. We add new words for each issue.
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Damselfly: © Huib Theunissen/Shutterstock
Butterfly and leaf: © Fotosav/Shutterstock
Seychelles: © Tian Zhan/Shutterstock
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Seeing Eye to Eye
Whether they use two eyes or dozens, people and animals turn light into sight.
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Fooled You!
From a stem that slithers to a flower that flies, things in nature aren't always what they seem. The stem is a snake. The flower is a mantid. Are you your eyes fooling you? No. These are mimics—plants and animals that copy other things. Read about nature's copy cats on page 10 of the September 2009 issue.
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Search for Survivors
The Seychelles are beautiful islands to the east of Africa. But marine biologist David Smith wasn't there to sightsee. Smith had a mission: search for coral reefs...dead or alive. Plunge into the ocean with Smith on page 18 of our September 2009 issue and see the amazing things he discovered.
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