OCTOBER 2008 VOLUME 117 NUMBER 8 



FEATURES 



36 SHADES OF GLORY 



My whirlwind tour to the North Pole 

 and back for 175 seconds of totality 



BY JOE RAO 



COVER STORY 

 42 I, CLEOPATRA 



Egypt's legendary queen looks 



back on her tumultuous life. 



BY JOYCE TYLDESLEY 



48 LUCKY DOGS 



By sniffing out scat, single-minded dogs 

 trump traditional tracking methods. 



BY SAMUEL K. WASSER 



DEPARTMENTS 



2 THE NATURAL MOMENT 



Finger Lichen Good 

 Photograph by Patricia J. Hinds 



6 nature.net 



The Fungus Kingdom 

 Robert Anderson 



6 WORD EXCHANGE 



12 SAMPLINGS 



News from Nature 



on the cover: Cleopatra (69-30 b.c.) envisioned in a limestone carving 

 by Balinese craftsman and artist Ongky Wijana. 



56 BOOKSHELF 



Laurence A. Marschall 



63 SKYLOG 



Joe Rao 



68 AT THE MUSEUM 



72 ENDPAPER 



Time Portal 

 David A. Bumeyand 

 Lida Pigott Bumey 



