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A golden-crowned kinglet, a bird with yellow on its wings, sits on a researcher's hand. There are spruce and balsam fir trees in the background, slightly blurry.

To Save Birds, We Must Save Bugs

A woman in 19th century dress looks solemnly at the camera. Achsa Sprague.

She Spoke to the Dead. They Told Her to Free the Slaves.

Yellow-green fireflies blurr in motion in a Delaware wetland

An Explorer of the Firefly’s Domain

Neb Man screen shot

American Ape

A tiger, painted in the style of Bhutan wall paintings against a yellow background

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

Six short-finned pilot whales swim lined up on a diagonal in dark blue water. Light reflects on their backs.

A Whale of a Tale about a Science Breakthrough Ignored for Decades

hoof

Chronic Wasting Disease: Real Risk or Irrational Hype?

Corkscrew Seal Mystery

Mystery of the Corkscrew Seals

sara bee snip

To Bee or Not To Bee

dam photo

Vermont Be Dammed

5whitenoseslide

In the Dark

snake snip

Leaping Lizards

Molecular Detective Work

Molecular Detective Work

vulture snip

The African Vulture Crisis

ACL frog (4)

The New Frog in Town

venus flytrap snip

Visiting the Venus Flytrap

atala cat snip

Fluttering Back

seti snip

Join the Hunt for E.T.

diy telescope snip

DIY Telescopes

carol meteyer snip

CSI Wildlife

a good turn

A Good Turn

wind primer

Wind Power 101

hydropower

Rediscovering Hydropower

deer for wild things

Where the Wild Things Are

rattlesnake snip

Rattle the Experts

bats

Spotlights flip the switch on an evolutionary arms race