David Quammen

Charles Darwin’s ‘tree of life’ gets a new look

October 5, 2018Science

The Tree of Life proposed by Charles Darwin in the 19th century depicts different forms of life diverging from one another as they evolve down through successive generations. But discoveries of new life forms and the phenomenon of horizontal gene transfer indicate life can also evolve through convergence.

Here are the books we read this year that we think you’ll love

December 16, 2014Books

An endangered mountain gorilla rests inside a forest in a Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Rwanada.

We still don’t know for sure how Ebola reached humans

October 30, 2014Health

Animal Infections That Spill Over Into Humans

August 14, 2013Health & Medicine

Where the Wild Places Are

August 14, 2013

Geo answer

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia’s far east. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with David Quammen who wrote about this remote area ?where salmon rule? for this month’s National Geographic.