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Australian emu.

Emu Dads Raise the Young—Which May Not Even Be Their Offspring

As birds go, these Australian animals are unusual in many ways, including how they divvy up parenting duties.

Hannah Thomasy March 15, 2022

A golden lion tamarin at Pouca das Antas

Silva Jardim, Brazil

The Golden Lion Tamarins of Poço das Antas

These small, spectacular monkeys are making a comeback after deforestation destroyed much of their rainforest habitat.

Wilderness guide and author Sicelo Mbatha observes elephants during one of the excursions he leads in South Africa.

How to Connect With Nature Like a South African Wilderness Guide

Tragedy set Sicelo Mbatha on a course to understand, and make peace with, the wild on its own terms.

Gemma Tarlach March 4, 2022

African wild dogs are often considered to be well adapted to the savanna, but research suggests the animals fare even better in more wooded ecosystems.

African Wild Dogs Survive by 'Living in the Cracks' of a Landscape

The lanky, wily pack hunters fare better than lions in habitats increasingly fragmented by human activity.

Scott Creel February 28, 2022

A tiger painted on a building in Thimphu; tigers are particularly revered in Bhutan.

In Bhutan, a Rare Tiger's Mysterious Illness Had a Surprising Source

Local vets collaborated with an international team to figure out why the animal was dazed and wandering near the capital city.

Madeline Bodin February 23, 2022

Raymond Island Koala Trail

Raymond Island, Australia

Raymond Island Koala Trail

This area was created to save the region's koala population.

The Mexican long-nosed bat, an elusive species, coevolved with agave, and faces an uncertain future as the number of plants declines.

How Preserving Agave Could Help Save an Endangered Bat

Conservationists hope to protect the Mexican long-nosed bat by working with ranchers and other locals to preserve the plant it needs.

Janet Marinelli February 7, 2022

There are thought to be more than 300 belugas in captivity across 13 different countries, with the highest number housed in Russia, Japan, China, Ukraine, Canada, and the United States.

The Tricky Business of Saving a Baby Beluga

For the first time, scientists were able to save a young whale stranded in Cook Inlet. What should happen next?

Sarah Durn February 7, 2022

Mount Stanley, home to Margherita Peak

Bundibugyo, Uganda

Margherita Peak

Famous in both ancient and modern times, the "mountains of the moon" are legendary for their beauty and biodiversity. But they are threatened by the changing climate.

Maasai men beside an umbrella acacia tree at dawn on the Kenyan savanna.

The Resilience of Kenya's Indigenous-Run Conservation Collective

Despite falling tourism and other woes, Kenya's Il Ngwesi eco-lodge continues to provide for the community.

Fred Pearce January 24, 2022

Science just saved this cute little fish from extinction.

extinct animals

Inside the Years-Long, International Effort to Save One Tiny Mexican Fish

Scientists and schoolchildren worked together to bring the tequila fish back from extinction.

Sarah Durn January 13, 2022

California newts (pictured) and rough-skinned newts face danger when they travel from their wooded habitat in the Santa Cruz Mountains to Lexington Reservoir, where they breed.

Can Citizen Scientists Prevent Another Pacific Newt Massacre?

Cars are annihilating the tiny amphibians.

Shoshi Parks January 11, 2022

World's End

Hingham, Massachusetts

World's End

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

Podcast: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team January 3, 2022

Made from a Redwood Trunk

Myers Flat, California

The Travel-Log

A vaudeville performer mounted this hollowed-out redwood log onto the chassis of a truck, and toured the country spreading a message of conservation.

Topi

Topi of Boma National Park

Every October, one of the largest migration of mammals in the world thunders through Boma National Park.

Koala Conservation Reserve

Rhyll, Australia

Phillip Island Koala Conservation Reserve

A conservation sanctuary for rescued koalas, some of which were saved from devastating Australian bushfires.

The forests of Cherán, an autonomous, remote region in Mexico, at sunset.

How a Rebellion Planted Seeds of Revival in Rural Mexico

In 2011, the women of Cherán led a revolt against illegal logging and corruption. Today, the forests are coming back, and the Indigenous community is returning to its roots.

Romina Cenisio November 30, 2021