Starling-Studded Skies Photo Essay 07.13.2021 A modern approach to a 19th-century photography technique celebrates both the art and science behind one of the planet’s most mesmerizing spectacles.
Scuba Flies Photo Essay 03.27.2018 In California’s Mono Lake—whose alkaline waters are deadly to most insects—these diving flies don’t just survive; they thrive.
Quiver Kingdom Spotlight 01.23.2018 Quiver 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, Interrupted Photo Essay 10.03.2017 Encroaching development is putting pronghorns at risk, but new conservation strategies are giving these record-setting runners a leg up.
Fight or Forage Spotlight 08.29.2017 At the bottom of the Earth, this dauntless bird finds calories wherever it can.
Please Pass the Vole Spotlight 08.23.2017 Doting falcon fathers deliver meals to their young even after they’ve left the nest.
World Traveler Spotlight 05.31.2017 This tiny songbird treks cross-hemisphere over deserts, oceans, and mountain ranges in one of the animal kingdom’s most impressive migrations.
Bird’s-eye View Spotlight 12.27.2016 What 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 Cars Opinion 06.14.2016 Nature could soon be imperiled by twice as many vehicles and enough new roads to encircle the planet more than 600 times.
