Articles by Natasha Frost

The Affair of the Poisons was one to remember.

Occasionally it's hard to know what should be its own species.

From a 1940s beauty queen to a 2017 performance artist.

Coincidence? Observational bias? Or something more sinister?

They think it might have been the largest ever seen.

Scientists want to know if the forward-thinking philosopher had autism.

Opium dens, gunfights, and poverty theater.

In the anthropocene, maybe feral camels, wild donkeys, and cocaine hippos aren't a bad thing.

Advances in synthetic DNA are offering a way to preserve music forever, like a fly in amber.

A new study sheds light on how these extinct felines attacked.

Four times the size of the biggest subway-dweller.

A sad story from the leaf litter of the Atlantic Forest.

And then let them snoop on each other.

"I desire only to live in this world for your sake," the king wrote to him.

They only just survived the Russian Revolution.

No shell-swapping for this newly described species—their coral homes grow with them.

"The article of clothing which women ought only to wear in a figure of speech."

One small step for clothing historians, one giant leap for womankind.

No genetic connection required.

The country is struggling to fill its renovated national museum because so many items are exhibited elsewhere.

"Snow patchers" are watching the Sphinx with dread.

Literally a party in your pants.

Cheers to high-speed cameras.

Each year, the country holds a week-long event to encourage people to speak te reo Māori.