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Charles Darwin

The Wonder Reader

Nature’s Most Extraordinary Stories

August 1, 2026

monarch butterflies during migration season

Darwin’s Story Isn’t as Simple as It Seems

June 26, 2026

A photo of a tortoise

The Writer’s Way

Paradise Revisited

August 2026 Issue

photo of large rock tower jutting from hilly shoreline with gray sky and bird

Are Humans Watching Animals Too Closely?

September 7, 2025

A dalmatian seen through a keyhole

A New Theory Puts Parenting at the Center of Human Evolution

August 28, 2025

Silhouettes depicting a human evolving from an ape, with the image on the right being a woman holding a small child

Time-Travel Thursdays

What Does ‘Genius’ Really Mean?

August 14, 2025

human skull with image as brain

What If There’s a Secret Benefit to Getting Asian Glow?

Katherine J. Wu

October 25, 2023

a black-and-white image of Asian women, seated around a table, toasting each other with mugs of beer

The Myth of the Galápagos Cannot Be Sustained

J. R. Patterson

July 3, 2023

Photograph of tourists taking pictures on the Galápagos Islands

Near Darwin

May 31, 2023

A black and white photo of an earthworm in the soil