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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

Camera traps, triggered by infrared sensors, allow biologists to estimate wildlife populations and, in some cases, identify individuals. Tigers have distinctive stripes.

Building An Arc

Despite poachers, insurgents and political upheaval, India and Nepal's bold approach to saving wildlife in the Terai Arc just may succeed.
July 2006 | By John Seidensticker and Susan Lumpkin

35 Who Made a Difference: Daphne Sheldrick

When feelings of kinship transcend the species boundary
November 01, 2005 | By Douglas Chadwick

Back from the Brink

Not every endangered species is doomed. Thanks to tough laws, dedicated researchers, and plenty of money and effort, success stories abound
September 2005 | By Daniel Glick

Peulh herdspeople, in an encampment above, tolerate the animals.

Saving Mali's Migratory Elephants

A new photo library of West Africa's desert elephants is helping researchers track the dwindling herd and protect their imperiled migration routes.
July 2005 | By Laura Helmuth

bison

Back Home On The Range

When a group of Native Americans took up bison ranching, they brought a prairie back to life
February 2005 | By Leslie Allen

rangers apprehend a suspect in Dzanga-Ndoki National Park

Stop the Carnage

A pistol-packing American scientist puts his life on the line to reduce "the most serious threat to African wildlife"—the illegal hunting of animals for food—and to STOP THE CARNAGE
January 2005 | By Paul Raffaele

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

Chestnutty

Wielding cutting-edge science and lots of patience. James Hill Craddock hopes to restore the ravaged American chestnut tree to its former glory
September 2004 | By Susan Freinkel

Many of the 46 bat species in North America (an Indiana bat, about half its actual size) are threatened by loss of hibernation.

A Mine of Its Own

Where miners used to dig, an endangered bat now flourishes, highlighting a new use for abandoned mineral sites
May 2004 | By Douglas H. Chadwick

Saving the Music Tree

Artists and instrument makers have banded together to rescue Brazil's imperiled pernambuco, the source of bows for violins, violas and cellos
April 2004 | By Russ Rymer

Some boaters (Jim Kalvin at Port of the Islands) complain of too many manatees. But biologists say there may be too few

Fury Over a Gentle Giant

Floridians raise a ruckus over manatees as biologists weigh prospects for the endangered species' survival
February 2004 | By Craig Pittman

To Catch A Thief

When biologists study food theft among endangered roseate terns, they find that crime most definitely pays
December 2003 | By Adele Conover

mother bear with a tranquilizer dart shot from the helicopter

Bear Trouble

Only hundreds of miles from the North Pole, industrial chemicals threaten the Arctic's greatest predator
April 2003 | By Marla Cone

Requiem for a Heavyweight

Science meets shamanism at a gathering to ponder the fate of the Pacific Ocean leatherback
November 2002 | By Jeff Wheelwright


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