From the October 2022 Issue Whither the Narwhal? The Golden Mole and Other Living Treasure By Katherine Rundell, with illustrations by Talya Baldwin LR
From the June 2021 Issue On the Origin of a Scientist The Ghost in the Garden: In Search of Darwin’s Lost Garden By Jude Piesse LR
From the April 2021 Issue The End of Babies? Count Down: How Our Modern World is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race By Shanna H Swan, with Stacey Colino LR
From the July 2020 Issue Slimy but Wholesome The Seaweed Collector’s Handbook: From Purple Laver to Peacock’s Tail By Miek Zwamborn (Translated from Dutch by Michele Hutchison)
From the August 2019 Issue Skin & Bones The Secret Life of Bones: Their Origins, Evolution & Fate By Brian Switek The Remarkable Life of the Skin: An Intimate Journey Across Our Surface By Monty Lyman LR
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