Natural History

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Articles in July-August 2003 issue of Natural History

• Big-fish drought
  by Robert (American businessman and engineer) Anderson
• Water for all
  by John Tanton
• Earth, wind and fire: the fruit bats of Montserrat have had to contend with most of nature's torments
  by Scott C. Pedersen
• Too close?
  by Jennifer Burns
• Extreme forestry: what does bungee jumping say about parasitic vines?
  by Adam Summers
• Hazy, hot, and hidden: dust-laden clouds at the centers of some galaxies may enshroud titanic starburst or baby quasars
  by Charles Liu
• Wondrous strange
  by Richard Sutherland
• The birth of war: an archaeological survey concludes that warfare, despite its malignant hold on modern life, has not always been part of the human condition
  by R. Brian Ferguson
• The sky in July and August
  by Joe Rao
• Magnificent monitors
  by Eric R. Pianka
• The chocolate tree: growing cacao in the forest can provide a living to small farmers and a habitat to diverse creatures
  by Robert A. Rice
• Young Naturalist Awards 2003: scientific discovery begins with expeditions
• Small farmers
• Summer flings: firefly courtship, sex, and death
  by Sara Adler
• Museum events
• Little engines that could
  by Stephan Reebs
• Valley high: a California forest harbors cobra plants and other treats for plant lovers willing to get their feet wet
  by Robert H. Mohlenbrock
• On hostile ground
  by Oliver L. Gilbert
• The Mismeasure of science: in his last book Stephen Jay Gould argues it is a mistake to judge the "magisterium" of science for its failure to engage ethical questions
  by Michael Ruse
• Ocean dwellers of Avalon
  by Stephan Reebs
• Experiment of the month
  by Stephan Reebs
• How the Cows Turned Mad
  by Laurence A. Marschall
• Turf war
  by Erin Espelie
• Bones of contention
  by Stephan Reebs
• An Obsession with Butterflies: Our Long Love Affair with a Singular Insect
  by Laurence A. Marschall
• Tracks of war
  by Peter Brown
• Up in smoke
  by Stephan Reebs
• Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World
  by Laurence A. Marschall