David Quammen

Archaea

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

Science

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.

Books 2014

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

Books
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

Health

Animal Infections That Spill Over Into Humans

Health & Medicine
The World

Where the Wild Places Are

The World

Geo answer

Arts, 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.