wildlife

Branching Out Against Illegal Logging

How a little-known U.S. trade law has clipped the global black market for lumber

By Steve Hawk October 3, 2014

In this story: Industrial Transformation, forests, saving wild places, politics, endangered species

Logging Truck in Para StateA truck loaded with timber on the Curua-Una road after crossing the River of the same name, near Santarem, Para State.

When urban raptors attack

By Stacey M. Hollis September 17, 2014

In this story: animals, science, wildlife, birds

Animal Saboteurs

By Dashka Slater July 25, 2014

In this story: wildlife, activism

See that bushy-tailed rodent chattering in the tree outside your house? It could be preparing to take down the electric grid.

Up to Speed

Two Months, One Page

By Paul Rauber July 25, 2014

In this story: climate change, wildlife, activism

The Baird's sparrow, a favorite of U.S. birdwatchers, is being pushed out of North Dakota and Montana and into Canada by climate change.

To Kill a Wolf

The wolves in my life include one I wanted to shoot

By Bjorn Dihle July 1, 2013

In this story: wildlife, adventure, travel

Sea Stars

A farewell to arms

By Paul Rauber April 4, 2014

In this story: wildlife

Artist or Activist?

In Africa, photographer Nick Brandt assembles an anti-poaching army.

By Steve Hawk March 3, 2014

In this story: activism, animals, books, endangered species, wildlife

CALCIFIED FISH EAGLE | LAKE NATRON, TANZANIA, 2012

Moose Romance

You come between a bull moose and his intended. Now what?

By Sallie Shatz January 2, 2013

In this story: wildlife

Illustration of a woman running on a trail

Sound Off

Will the symphony of the Great Bear Rainforest be silenced by tar sands oil tankers?

Text and photographs by Aaron Teasdale May 1, 2012

In this story: adventure, travel, wildlife, dirty fuels, saving wild places

A Matter of Survival

How big solar plants can save the planet without killing this desert tortoise

By Nate Seltenrich November 5, 2011

In this story: solar, wildlife, animals, clean energy

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