Features
Superheroes of the Night Skies
Bats, reservoirs for such viruses as Ebola, are increasingly villainized and require special conservation.
Nomads No More
After centuries of moving through the Irish countryside, a group known as Travellers has come to rest.
World Changers 3.0
Algae, plants and humans: three groups of organisms that used chemistry to change the planet.
Life on the Edge
Peaks protected fifty years ago by the Wilderness Act no longer keep mountain goats safe from human impact.
The Sunland Grizzly
By the 1920s, California had lost all of its grizzly bears—once considered a distinct species and an emblem of the state.
Death by Affluence?
Preconceptions skew our view of the biggest killer in the developed world, atherosclerosis.
Trash Revisited
Across the Pacific Ocean, plastics, plastics, everywhere
The Social Lives of Hermits
After terrestrial hermit crabs remodel snail shells, the superior homes become fiercely contested among later generations.
White on White
An invertebrate inventory of White Sands National Monument.
Releasing Rivers
Once all the rage to build, more and more dams are coming down