Of Moths and MarsupialsArticle 04.26.2023The ancient relationship between the mountain pygmy possum and the bogong moth reveals the complexity of global climate change—and the lengths people may have to go to save some species from extinction.
Atonement in the KitchenArticle 06.03.2022One way to make sense of the senseless slaughter of roadkill? Salvage it for food.
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.
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.
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?
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.
Fight or ForageSpotlight 08.29.2017At the bottom of the Earth, this dauntless bird finds calories wherever it can.
Please Pass the VoleSpotlight 08.23.2017Doting falcon fathers deliver meals to their young even after they’ve left the nest.
World TravelerSpotlight 05.31.2017This tiny songbird treks cross-hemisphere over deserts, oceans, and mountain ranges in one of the animal kingdom’s most impressive migrations.
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.
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.
