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Elephants are speaking to us. Is anyone listening?
Beyond the limits of Linnaeus lies a world teeming with infinite colors, shapes, and sizes.
Lita Albuquerque went to the Antarctic to make art that conjures the sky. With web-exclusive extra images.
A fine collection of old trees poses some interesting issues for those managing them.
Beauty and wonder are always in the eye of the beholderbut the beholder has to choose to behold
Scores of native bees inhabit California's cities, and one scientist is on a crusade to help them thrive.
A lyrical exploration of the wonders of nature, and a father's quest to express those to his children
Notes on a ubiquitous avian neighbor and sometime friend.
The world's greatest migrations are fading before our unseeing eyes.
A decades-long working relationship with the slippery rocks of the Maine coast.
A clarinetist ventures forth to make music with the white whales of the White Sea
Can a successful TV-totaler make the ultimate sacrifice of electrons?
Once a staple and the subject of much interest, the groundnut, a forgotten food, whets a contemporary curiosity.
They come down into the valleys in autumn, where chance meetings will seal their fates.
The plants of the ancient Maya whisper their secrets to those who speak a shared language.
Killing other creatures, whether direct or by proxy, are an inevitable part of being among the living.
Seen from a propitious angle, the bare bones of trees reveal the beauty of aging.
In a bazaar that offers everything imaginable (and then some) for pets, you could forget why we domesticated them in the first place.
Multiple moments from the same landscape compel our participation in the montage we call nature.
Why one particular photograph should be in every classroom in the world.
There was hardly any prior to 1945, but it may now be the most ubiquitous man-made substance on Earth.
Feeling responsible for saving the entire biosphere can be a real drag, but one can take comfort in those who've come and gone before.