The Disappearing Habitats of the Vaux’s Swifts
Chimneys may be obsolete in modern buildings, but they’re crucial habitat for the bird species on the West Coast
November 18, 2011 |
By Maria Dolan
The DMZ's Thriving Resident: The Crane
Rare cranes have flourished in the world's unlikeliest sanctuary, the heavily mined demilitarized zone between North and South Korea
April 2011 |
By Eric Wagner
Nothing Can Stop the Zebra
A 150-mile fence in the Kalahari Desert appeared to threaten Africa's zebras, but now researchers can breathe a sigh of relief
March 2011 |
By Robyn Keene-Young
A Puffin Comeback
Atlantic puffins had nearly vanished from the Maine coast until a young biologist defied conventional wisdom to lure them home
June 2010 |
By Michelle Nijhuis
For Wildebeests, Danger Ahead
Africa's wildebeest migration pits a million thundering animals against a gantlet of perils, even—some experts fear—climate change
May 2010 |
By Robert M. Poole
Invasion of the Longhorn Beetles
In Worcester, Massachusetts, authorities are battling an invasive insect that is poised to devastate the forests of New England
November 2009 |
By Peter Alsop
The Great Human Migration
Why humans left their African homeland 80,000 years ago to colonize the world
July 2008 |
By Guy Gugliotta
Showing Their Age
Dating the Fossils and Artifacts that Mark the Great Human Migration
July 2008 |
By Sarah Zielinski
Flying North to Fly South
Preparing the critically endangered whooping crane for migration could save the flock
September 01, 2007 |
By Alistair Wearmouth
End of the Road?
Development threatens to block the ancient migration of a herd of pronghorn antelopes in western Wyoming. Without new protections, conservationists say, the speedy animals are running out of time.
January 2007 |
By Daniel Glick
The Sound of Hoofs
In a breathtaking spectacle, wildebeest by the millions are on the move this month in the Serengeti
June 2006 |
By Virginia Morell
