Songs of the DammedArticle 04.12.2023As Lake Powell water levels drop, native plants are reclaiming Glen Canyon.
Life, Death, and Renewal in the Campo RupestrePhoto Essay 04.22.2021In a little-known region of Brazil that calls to mind Tolkien’s Middle-earth, unique lifeforms have evolved to endure innumerable environmental challenges. Can they survive the country’s latest era of deregulation?
Home on the RangeArticle 03.23.2021Once thought to be extinct, tule elk have returned to roam across California’s Point Reyes National Seashore, but the park—which also supports beef and dairy cattle—is getting crowded.
Saving Mexico’s Lost WorldArticle 02.18.2020Microbes have lived in Cuatro Ciénegas for 500 million years. They’ve survived countless cataclysms and extinctions. But can they survive us?
The Secret GardenPhoto Essay 09.11.2019The crystalline rivers of the Serra da Bodoquena offer a window into Brazil’s freshwater biodiversity. But with deforestation on the rise, that window is becoming cloudier.
Quiver KingdomSpotlight 01.23.2018Quiver trees thrive in arid conditions, but as climate change makes the Namib Desert hotter and drier, can these immobile icons find a way to beat the heat?
Paradise Under PressureArticle 01.09.2018The fences protecting the unique biodiversity of Maui’s Kīpahulu Reserve have helped to keep invasive species at bay, but climate change is now carrying new threats up its slopes.
Migration, InterruptedPhoto Essay 10.03.2017Encroaching development is putting pronghorns at risk, but new conservation strategies are giving these record-setting runners a leg up.
High Stakes in the High NorthPhoto Essay 09.13.2017A remote island that harbored the world’s last mammoths is becoming a holdout for Arctic wildlife once again.
A Colorful CleanupSpotlight 08.08.2017Living off the energy they extract from heavy metals, these bacteria create spectacular natural displays—and leave clean drinking water in their wake.
Breaking Precious GroundPhoto Essay 01.10.2017Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park may be the world’s richest rainforest. What will become of it now that oil extraction has begun?
How to Save a RainforestArticle 12.06.2016It took decades to hammer out a landmark conservation deal to save Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest. Now the real work begins.
The NurseryArticle 09.20.2016Unlocking the habitat secrets of one of the planet’s most important salmon fisheries—and the specter of industrial development that threatens its very existence
A Forest Hidden by FogArticle 09.13.2016Spellbound by an idea, a writer sets out to find the mythical cloud forest—and shines a bright light on an endangered ecosystem.
By Foot into Peru’s Lost WorldImmersive 06.14.2016A team of herpetologists treks into one of South America’s most pristine and poorly understood mountain ranges and discovers animals found nowhere else on Earth.
Wyoming’s Bird of ParadiseSpotlight 05.31.2016As if in defiance to the many threats they face, sage-grouse perform one the West’s most impressive mating rituals.
