A frosted stage gathers red-crowned cranes, whooper swans, sika deer, and snow monkeys. Can Japan turn an ancient reverence for its animals into modern conservation? Get a taste of what awaits you in print from this compelling excerpt. In other seasons there might be 20 of us and only a few of them. But now, …

All those aching backs may be trying to tell us something: It’s part of the price we pay for walking on two legs. Get a taste of what awaits you in print from this compelling excerpt. In Karen Rosenberg’s laboratory at the University of Delaware, a room packed with the casts of skulls and bones …