Past the SaltArticle 07.14.2022In San Francisco’s salty South Bay, an ambitious wetlands restoration project is seeking to balance a return to the ecological past with the realities of a changing future.
Hanging with DadSpotlight 10.22.2021A male African jacana has his feathers full while navigating Botswana’s rich but treacherous wetlands.
A River’s Right to FlowArticle 10.22.2021Indigenous communities and conservationists around the world are challenging the view of water as a human commodity, and fighting to keep this precious resource in the ecosystems it sustains. Can the same approach work in the arid Southwest?
Starling-Studded SkiesPhoto Essay 07.13.2021A modern approach to a 19th-century photography technique celebrates both the art and science behind one of the planet’s most mesmerizing spectacles.
From Reviled to AdoredPhoto Essay 02.23.2021How one community—and one woman in particular—have found a way to protect the rarest stork in the world simply by learning to appreciate the species and embracing it as one of their own.
Records of ChangeVideo 01.17.2020Thanks to foresight and meticulous records collected nearly a century ago, scientists are reconstructing a picture of some of Mexico’s most important ecosystems before they were transformed.
A Great EscapeSpotlight 12.03.2019Invasive American mink, having escaped from British fur farms over the past century, are now wreaking havoc on native species—but this lucky gannet got away.
Assume the PositionSpotlight 05.29.2019A master of disguise, this rainforest dweller doesn’t just wear the perfect outfit, it also performs the flawless impression of a tree branch.
Below the BillSpotlight 04.09.2019One of the world’s largest birds has long been persecuted for both its outsized bill and its eating habits, but an ambitious cross-border plan is helping this threatened pelican bounce back.
Scuba FliesPhoto Essay 03.27.2018In California’s Mono Lake—whose alkaline waters are deadly to most insects—these diving flies don’t just survive; they thrive.
A Grand Experiment on the GrasslandsImmersive 03.13.2018A decades-long debate over protection of the lesser prairie-chicken could usher the Endangered Species Act into a new and very different era.
Sea ChangeArticle 10.31.2017The Arctic Ocean is beginning to look and act more like the Atlantic. It’s a shift that threatens to upend an entire food web built on frigid waters.
The Anomalies: The Acorn WoodpeckerVideo 10.10.2017These highly social birds defy the typical two-parent family structure, proving that cooperation can make good evolutionary sense.
Dancing for Their LivesSpotlight 02.21.2017To cultivate long-lasting pair bonds, red-crowned cranes perform an intricate—and stunningly graceful—pas de deux.
Bird’s-eye ViewSpotlight 12.27.2016What began as the seasonal arrival of just a few dozen cranes has become one of India’s most renowned wildlife spectacles.
Lens of Time: How Hummingbirds HoverVideo 10.18.2016Armed with the latest technology, scientists are beginning to unlock the secrets of one of nature’s most acrobatic flyers.
Predator in TrainingSpotlight 09.06.2016Feathered foes practice one of nature’s most routine but perilous interactions.
Great Egrets Take FlightPhoto Essay 04.26.2016Once hunted to near-extinction, Europe’s great egrets find refuge along Hungary’s Danube.
Wetlands on DemandArticle 04.26.2016Rice fields for migratory birds—a look at California’s latest pop-up trend.
