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Spotting a spider, even one hiding between the petals of a flower, 

 has become second nature to arachnologist SIMON D. POLLARD 

 ("I Spy," page 4). After earning his Ph.D. from the University of 

 Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, Pollard began study- 

 ing how flower-dwelling crab spiders drink nectar. Since then, 

 his research interests have included jumping spiders in Borneo 

 and the Philippines, water striders in China, and crab spiders 

 that live and commit suicide in pitcher plants. He is the author of several earli- 

 er articles in Natural History, and his work has also appeared widely in other 

 publications. Pollard is curator of invertebrate zoology at the Canterbury Mu- 

 seum in Christchurch. 



STEVEN G. WILSON ("The Biggest Fish," page 42) earned his 

 doctorate from the University of Western Australia in 2001 for 

 studies on the physical and biological factors that affect the ag- 

 gregation of whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef, off the coast of 

 Western Australia. Wilson had earlier worked as a high school 

 biology teacher, dive-boat captain, and pearl diver. His research 

 focuses on the migratory movements and vertical behavior of 

 large pelagic fishes: tunas, billfishes, and sharks. He holds an appointment as a 

 postdoctoral research scientist at Hubbs— SeaWorld Research Institute in San 

 Diego, California. This May, Wilson will return to Ningaloo Reef to contin- 

 ue his studies of the whale shark. 



Naturalist and artist STEPHEN CHRISTOPHER QUINN ("The 

 Worlds behind the Glass," page 48) joined the staff of the Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History in 1974. He apprenticed under 

 masters of diorama art Raymond deLucia, Robert Kane, and David 

 J. Schwendeman. His first assignment was as a foreground artist for 

 the wood stork diorama in the Leonard C. Sanford Hall of North 

 American Birds in the museum. He is now senior project man- 

 ager for exhibitions at the museum, where he oversees the creation of new diora- 

 mas as well as the conservation and restoration of existing ones. Quinn illustrated 

 the book What Color Is Tliat Dinosaur? by Lowell Dingus (Millbrook Press, 1994). 



CHRISTINE MLOT ("Alaska's Underground Frontier," page 54) studied microbi- 

 ology as an undergraduate, then switched fields to do graduate 

 study in science communication. She has written for such mag- 

 azines as Science and Science News. Recently she returned to her 

 microbiology roots as a reporter, doing bench work in Jo Han- 

 delsman's plant-pathology laboratory at the University of Wis- 

 consin-Madison. The lab work combines two of her favorite 

 topics, Alaska and microbial diversity. Mlot was awarded a Knight 

 Science Journalism Fellowship, and she has taught writing at the University of 

 Wisconsin. She is a contributing editor for Nature Conservancy magazine. 



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