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    • The Swallowing of One Snake by Another - Nature

      Nature· 2 days ago

      THE snake incident, described in NATURE, October 25 last, page 620, as having occurred in the reptile-house in the Zoological Society's menagerie, recalls to my mind two similar ...

    • Protection of the Galapagos Fauna - Nature

      Nature· 2 days ago

      THE giant tortoises and large iguanid lizards, which are a noteworthy feature of the fauna of the Galapagos Islands, have been greatly reduced in numbers during the last hundred and fifty years ...

    • Natural History - Nature

      Nature· 2 days ago

      I. Pocock; Mr. W. B. Alexander, of Oxford, is responsible for the bird section and Mr. E. G. Boulenger, director of the Aquarium at the London Zoo, for reptiles and amphibians ...

    • Societies and Academies - Nature

      Nature· 2 days ago

      The islands are barren limestone with a limited vegetation and some mangroves. The collections prove conclusively the entire dependence of the islands for their fauna on the neighbouring continent ...

    • Scientific Intelligence From America* - Nature

      Nature· 2 days ago

      MAJOR POWELL has returned from the cañons of the Colorado, having left his party in the field in charge of Prof. Thompson. Since the party started in April last, it has passed through the cañons ...

    • To the Snows of Tibet through China - Nature

      Nature· 2 days ago

      THE author of this book says in the preface that he has done his best “to withstand the temptation to generalize from limited experience, to which travellers in China seem peculiarly liable.