Princeton Nature

It is now a matter of common knowledge—bolstered by significant and growing scientific documentation—that immersion in the natural world can provide measurable benefits to human physical and mental health.

My first experience of a shark, as a small child, was uncomfortably close up. The shark was rolled up inside a sausage of netting, rather like Tom Kitten in the Tale of Samuel Whiskers.

Jaws, the mere mention of the movie conjures up images of a large triangular fin cutting through the water, beneath it a large fearsome-looking toothy shark swimming with a sense of authority, a purpose.

I have always been an experimental biologist. Ants have been my life, and I have tracked their behavior from above ground for over fifty years.

The Earth supports about sixty thousand tree species. I wonder, how many of them would you come across in an average day?

As someone who derives a great deal of pleasure from growing and studying flowers, I would like to suggest that everyone get involved with planting flowers this spring, whether indoors or out, at home or as part of a community beautification program.

The sting. Pain is what we associate with the word “wasp,” because our definition of wasp is far too narrow.