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Lemur Silky Sifaka grooming

Saving the Silky Sifaka

In Madagascar, an American researcher races to protect one of the world's rarest mammals, a white lemur known as the silky sifaka
April 2010 | By Erica R. Hendry

Ecuador wilderness animal trade

Wildlife Trafficking

A reporter follows the lucrative, illicit and heartrending trade in stolen wild animals deep into Ecuador's rain forest
December 2009 | By Charles Bergman

Nancy Knowlton coral spawning

A Coral Reef's Mass Spawning

Understanding how corals reproduce is critical to their survival; Smithsonian's Nancy Knowlton investigates the annual event
December 2009 | By Megan Gambino

Coral and benthic communities at Maug Island

A Swim Through the Ocean's Future

Can a remote, geologically weird island in the South Pacific forecast the fate of coral reefs?
September 17, 2009 | By Christopher Pala

Red hair

Requiem for the Redhead

The next great extinction—Carrot Tops
February 2009 | By Patricia McNamee Rosenberg

Cassowary at Lahore Zoo

Invasion of the Cassowaries

Passions run high in an Australian town: Should the endangered birds be feared—or fed?
October 2008 | By Brendan Borrell

Soaring California Condor

Condors in a Coal Mine

California's lead bullet ban protects condors and other wildlife, but its biggest beneficiaries may be humans
September 09, 2008 | By John Moir

Laurie Marker

Rare Breed

Can Laurie Marker help the world's fastest mammal outrun its fate?
March 2008 | By Guy Gugliotta

Rhino Man

Wildlife biologist Hemanta Mishra's efforts to save the endangered Indian rhinoceros
March 01, 2008 | By Sarah Sarah Zielinski

Saving the Cheetah

National Zoo scientist Adrienne Crosier discusses how scientists are using artificial insemination to rescue the species
March 2008 | By Helen Starkweather

Two days after the killings, villagers poured in to help rangers carry bodies back to Bukima and then on to Rumangabo for burial. Here, volunteers are taking the pregnant and badly burned Mburanumwe out of the forest.

UPDATE: State of Emergency

The latest on the endangered mountain gorillas in war-ravaged Congo
January 09, 2008 | By Jess Blumberg

Surveyor Jack Childs founded the Jaguar Detection project after coming across a big cat in 1996.

On the Prowl

Rare jaguar sightings have sparked a debate about how to ensure the cats' survival in the American West
November 2007 | By Jeremy Kahn

A fungus from a group that ravages trees around the world is now infesting New Zealands ancient, symbolic kauris

A Pox Upon the Kauri

New Zealanders rally to save their much-loved, 2,000-year-old national symbol
October 2007 | By Debora Vrana

albatross species

The Amazing Albatrosses

They fly 50 miles per hour. Go years without touching land. Predict the weather. Mate for life. And they're among the world's most endangered birds. Can albatrosses be saved?
September 2007 | By Kennedy Warne

In October, a group of juvenile whooping cranes will set off on a 1,200-mile voyage to a refuge in Florida. This annual migration is part of a pioneering program to bring these majestic birds back from the brink of extinction to where they can migrate and breed without human intervention.

Flying North to Fly South

Preparing the critically endangered whooping crane for migration could save the flock
September 01, 2007 | By Alistair Wearmouth

The native westslope cutthroat trout (named for the slash of red on its throat) is staging a comeback after decades of losing ground to its immigrant cousins in the Rocky Mountains.

Fish Story

Native trout are returning to America's rivers and streams, thanks to new thinking by scientists and conservationists
August 2007 | By Robert M. Poole

Two days after the killings, villagers poured in to help rangers carry bodies back to Bukima and then on to Rumangabo for burial. Here, volunteers are taking the pregnant and badly burned Mburanumwe out of the forest.

State of Emergency

The slaughter of four endangered mountain gorillas in war-ravaged Congo sparks conservationist action
August 01, 2007 | By Jess Blumberg

"If we want to ensure free-ranging devil populations that are disease free, putting them on offshore islands is the only alternative we

Tasmanian Tailspin

Can a new plan to relocate the Tasmanian devil save the species?
June 01, 2007 | By Eric Jaffe

Among the best hunters in Africa, wild dogs have a higher kill rate than lions and can take down antelope that weigh as much as 500 pounds. They are notorious for a grisly efficiency that has made some people fear and hate them, if not shoot them on sight.

Curse of the Devil's Dogs

Traditionally viewed as dangerous pests, Africa's wild dogs have nearly been wiped out. But thanks to new conservation efforts, the smart, sociable canines appear ready to make a comeback
April 2007 | By Paul Raffaele

An absence of cougars has had a major impact on Zion

It All Falls Down

A plummeting cougar population alters the ecosystem at Zion National Park
December 01, 2006 | By Eric Jaffe


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