The Big Picture 2025
From the beautiful to the bizarre, this annual photographic showcase shines a light on some of our planet’s most breathtaking species and places.
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The Big Picture 2024
From the beautiful to the bizarre and breathtaking, this photographic showcase of life on Earth shines a light on some of our planet's most amazing species and places.
The Eider Keepers
An age-old tradition in Norway illuminates the bonds between wild ducks, wild places, and the people who care for both.
Trouble at Sea
For salmon in the North Pacific, has the ocean reached its limit?
Past the Salt
In 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.
Atonement in the Kitchen
One way to make sense of the senseless slaughter of roadkill? Salvage it for food.
Ghana’s Sacred Monkeys
Myth and mystery have long protected two species of monkey and the West African forests they depend on, but for how much longer?
Scales of Reference
Collected at the tail end of British Columbia's "silver fever," hundred-year-old salmon scales are now helping conservation scientists reconstruct and better manage the populations of one of Canada's most important fish.
How to Count a Wolf
The first step in managing a rare and controversial predator—particularly in a state where it's been absent for decades—is knowing how many you have. That’s easier said than done with a species as elusive as this one.
Swamp Sentinels
Buried in mud for millennia, some of New Zealand's ancient kauri trees are revealing surprising clues about Earth's climate—past, present, and future.
The Big Picture 2024
From the beautiful to the bizarre and breathtaking, this photographic showcase of life on Earth shines a light on some of our planet's most amazing species and places.
The Eider Keepers
An age-old tradition in Norway illuminates the bonds between wild ducks, wild places, and the people who care for both.
Trouble at Sea
For salmon in the North Pacific, has the ocean reached its limit?
Past the Salt
In 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.
Atonement in the Kitchen
One way to make sense of the senseless slaughter of roadkill? Salvage it for food.
Ghana’s Sacred Monkeys
Myth and mystery have long protected two species of monkey and the West African forests they depend on, but for how much longer?
Scales of Reference
Collected at the tail end of British Columbia's "silver fever," hundred-year-old salmon scales are now helping conservation scientists reconstruct and better manage the populations of one of Canada's most important fish.
How to Count a Wolf
The first step in managing a rare and controversial predator—particularly in a state where it's been absent for decades—is knowing how many you have. That’s easier said than done with a species as elusive as this one.
Swamp Sentinels
Buried in mud for millennia, some of New Zealand's ancient kauri trees are revealing surprising clues about Earth's climate—past, present, and future.