Carnivores
Learning from Tai Shan
The giant panda born at Washington, D.C.'s National Zoo has charmed animal lovers. Now he's teaching scientists more than they had expected
June 2006 |
By Laura Tangley
Return of the Jaguar?
Novel camera traps have documented the elusive cat in Arizona, suggesting it may not be gone from the United States after all
December 2005 |
By Will Rizzo
Fighting For Foxes
A disastrous chain of events nearly wiped out California's diminutive island fox. Scientists hope it's not too late to undo the damage
October 2004 |
By Adele Conover and Andrew Curry
New Leash on Life
In an innovative program, prison inmates are raising puppies to be guide dogs for the blind
August 2004 |
By Christina Cheakalos
Top Dogs
The Polar Inuit's ancient bond with the sled dog remains intact, thanks in part to a ban on snowmobiles. But the lure of technology threatens these "sturdy, magnificent animals"
January 2004 |
By John F. Ross
Bear Trouble
Only hundreds of miles from the North Pole, industrial chemicals threaten the Arctic's greatest predator
April 2003 |
By Marla Cone
Otterly Fascinating
Inquisitive, formidable and endangered, giant otters are luring tourists by the thousands to Brazil's unspoiled, biodiverse waterscape
November 2002 |
By Derek Grzelewski
Not a Lot of Ocelots
Once thought to have vanished from North America victims of hunting and habitat loss the cats maintain a slender pawhold in the thickets of South Texas
June 2002 |
By Adele Conover
Trailing the Big Cats
For a walk on the wild side, follow the tracks of a tiger or look at a lion close up at the National Zoo
January 1999 |
By Michael Kernan
The Object at Hand
The story behind the Smithsonian's display tiger leads back into tiger history, man-eating and otherwise, and sadly, back to the fact that tigers are now endangered
November 1995 |
By Adele Conover
