Denali and the Northern Lights: An Alaskan Winter Rail Journey Wind through snowy boreal forests, spot wildlife, and view North America’s highest peak on the Aurora Winter Train By Regis St. Louis November 27, 2025 In this story: travel, transportation, public transit, public lands, Joy
We All Need a Home of Our Own. The Burrowing Owl Is No Different. A new effort is underway to restore this owl's population and habitat Text and photographs by Zack Metcalfe November 24, 2025 In this story: birds, conservation, animals, science
Shifting Shores Leave Spiders in a Sticky Situation on the Great Salt Lake Arachnids face increasing risk in a changing world Text and photographs by Riley Black November 21, 2025 In this story: climate change, insects, science, Gee Whiz
Conservation Leaders Unite to Oppose Steve Pearce BLM Nomination The Trump pick to lead the land management agency has ties to anti-government extremists By Ian Rose November 19, 2025 In this story: public lands, wildlands, land use, Trump
How to Survive Toxins Like Other Animals Do Critters have evolved a suite of clever strategies to keep out of harm’s way By Katarina Zimmer November 12, 2025 In this story: animals, Gee Whiz, science
Is It Too Late for the Western Sandpipers of Roberts Bank? A major expansion of a British Columbia port threatens the sandpipers' feeding grounds By Jennifer Cole November 10, 2025 In this story: birds, wildlife, saving wild places, conservation, wetlands
A Road Less Deadly Can Alaska’s new Kenai Peninsula wildlife crossings save moose? By Heather Physioc November 4, 2025 In this story: wildlife, animals, saving wild places
This Ecologist Lost Her Grant for Studying Diversity—of Insects The federal trawling of grants for misaligned priorities has brought in bycatch By Hannah Richter October 28, 2025 In this story: insects, federal policy, Trump, wildlife, science
Kelp Forests Are Vanishing Along California’s Coast Here’s why, and what’s being done about it By Brandon Withrow October 24, 2025 In this story: science, oceans, marine ecosystems
Two Florida Coral Species Were Nearly Wiped Out by a Heat Wave Corals are the canary in the coal mine for oceans, and they’re sending researchers troubling signals By Jennifer Reed October 23, 2025 In this story: marine ecosystems, climate change, saving wild places, animals, wildlife