Tiny DancersSpotlight 08.18.2022Even without true wings, a subspecies of Siberian flying squirrel endemic to Japan executes astonishing aerial acrobatics.
Ghana’s Sacred MonkeysArticle 04.19.2022Myth and mystery have long protected two species of monkey and the West African forests they depend on, but for how much longer?
Swamp SentinelsArticle 02.18.2021Buried in mud for millennia, some of New Zealand’s ancient kauri trees are revealing surprising clues about Earth’s climate—past, present, and future.
A New HopePhoto Essay 01.27.2021Discovered a mere four years ago, the Skywalker gibbon quickly landed on the list of the world’s 25 most endangered primates. While its status remains precarious, the species is inspiring a newfound effort to protect and restore the forests of China’s Gaoligong Mountains.
Mother LoadSpotlight 12.11.2020Multitasking bat moms carry their nursing pups underwing all while navigating a growing array of threats in the Australian forests they call home.
Refilling the Carbon SinkPhoto Essay 11.12.2019Long seen as wastelands, Scotland’s bogs are now the scene of an intense restoration effort in which millions of exotic trees are being felled to fight climate change.
A Precarious PerchArticle 08.27.2019Swallow-tailed kites have lost much of their habitat in the southeastern United States, but thanks to an unlikely ally, their numbers are beginning to climb.
Bigger, Hotter, FasterArticle 08.15.2017The wildfires of tomorrow will be like nothing we’ve ever seen. But the debates they’ll spark have already been raging for more than a century.
Invisible Nature: Invasion of the CaterpillarsVideo 12.27.2016Gypsy moths have been gaining ground in North American forests for 150 years. Can a caterpillar-melting virus keep them in check?
Life After TimberArticle 12.20.2016What’s a community to do when outside forces and ecological realities threaten the very industry on which it’s built?
Old-Growth Logging’s Last Stand?Article 12.20.2016Clearcutting ancient trees in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest makes little sense—ecologically, climatically, perhaps even economically. So why is it so hard to stop?
Last Tree StandingImmersive 11.22.2016Since 2011, drought and pestilence have killed more than 100 million trees in California. What does that mean for the fate of the world’s largest tree, the giant sequoia?
The Color of DroughtVideo 11.22.2016A record-setting dry spell is transforming California’s forests—and in this case, colorful foliage is not a good thing.
The Seed SaversArticle 11.15.2016As the trees at the heart of America’s western wilderness are dying, ecologists are trying to grow their way out of the problem.
Owl WarsArticle 08.17.2016The latest conservation conflicts pit one species against another. To save an iconic bird in the Pacific Northwest, the government is taking no chances—and no prisoners.
The Tree That Ate the WestArticle 08.09.2016Both native and invasive—protected and reviled—western junipers are a living contradiction.
Curbing an Onslaught of 2 Billion CarsOpinion 06.14.2016Nature could soon be imperiled by twice as many vehicles and enough new roads to encircle the planet more than 600 times.
Nature’s LumberjacksSpotlight 04.26.2016Tree-felling is dangerous business, so naturally a mother shows her young kit how it’s done.
