For the Love of Lemurs
To her delight, social worker-turned-scientist Patricia Wright has found the mischievous Madagascar primates to be astonishingly complex
City Slinkers
Why are coyotes, those cunning denizens of the plains and rural west, moving into urban centers like Chicago and Washington DC?
Hippo Haven
An idealistic married couple defy poachers and police in strife-torn Zimbabwe to protect a threatened herd of placid pachyderms
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
The Evolution of Charles Darwin
A creationist when he visited the Galápagos Islands, Darwin grasped the significance of the unique wildlife he found there only after he returned to London
A Whale Called Phoenix
A very large mammal will help tell an even weightier tale—about the ocean in this crowded, challenging century
Natural Selection
In Darwin’s Galápagos Islands, evolution is on display
35 Who Made a Difference: Daphne Sheldrick
When feelings of kinship transcend the species boundary
35 Who Made a Difference: Clyde Roper
He’s spent his life chasing a sea monster that’s never been taken alive
35 Who Made a Difference: Richard Leakey
The leader of the Hominid Gang asks what he can do for his continent
35 Who Made a Difference: Janis Carter
The primate who taught other primates how to survive in the wild
Hiding in Plain Sight
A veteran photographer shows the extraordinary knack that some animals have for…disappearing
ANWR: The Great Divide
The renewed debate over drilling for oil in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge hits home for the two Native groups nearest the nature preserve
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
Ghost of a Chance
How did the ivory-billed woodpecker, which was feared extinct, hang on all these years?
Shark
Recent attacks on people off the Florida coast are a reminder of the animal’s fierce nature. Yet scientists say the predator is itself in grave danger
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.
Seeing a Ghost
A woodpecker feared extinct reappears in Arkansas
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