Wildlife

Let's Root for the Coot

This feisty waterbird is very common. That's part of the problem

December 1, 1998

The Enemy Within

Termites are covert destroyers. You don't hear them or see them until they come swarming out of the woodwork on their spectacular mating flight

September 30, 1998

Steaming into the Future

An ungainly monster, the steam traction engine helped turn the buffalo's pasture into America's breadbasket

September 1998

Dance With the Devilfish

July 1998

New Breeds Down on the Pharm

Plain old barnyard animals — with genes from other species added — are producing medicines that keep people alive

June 30, 1998

The Horse Whisperer

Legendary trainer Buck Brannaman relies on trust, not terror

April 30, 1998

Fly Away Home

Winging south, Operation Migration embarks on a remarkable odyssey

April 1, 1998

Making Room for Prairie Dogs

These rodents are cute— if you're not a suburban homeowner watching your grass disappear. Millions live on the prairies, yet the rascals are in trouble

March 1, 1998

The Joys of Rehabbing

Rehabilitating injured or abandoned wildlife fulfills the longing of many animal lovers to know other bloods

February 1998

To Reproduce, Mussels Go Fishing

The evolution of this freshwater pearl-maker reaches its apex in our Southeastern rivers

January 1, 1998

The Belled Viper

Even hunters of timber rattlers now admit that these snakes are shy, placid — and very fragile

December 1, 1997

Mustangs on the Move

Without free-roaming bands of wild horses, the American West just wouldn't be the same

November 1, 1997

Claws

In Down East Maine, the lobster means more than seafood

September 30, 1997

Here, Birds Are Unafraid

Galápagos seabirds tolerate human spectators, and crabs in Panama ignore cars (but hide from trucks)

September 1997

An Ant's Life is No Picnic

August 1997

For Rescue Dogs "Nothing's Better Than a Live Find"

July 31, 1997

Nature's Own Pooper-Scoopers Keep Earth Livable for All of Us

If it were not for dung beetles, members of the scarab family, every terrestrial organism would be up to its eyeballs in you know what

May 31, 1997

Condors: Back From the Brink

Hopes for the endangered vultures' survival soared recently after six captive birds were released on a clifftop in the Arizona wilds

May 1997

Everyone Knows the Dragon Is Only a Mythical Beast

But try telling that to the people who live on a few islands in Indonesia where several thousand real dragons subsist in the wild

April 1, 1997

An Orphanage for Some Big Babies

Daphne Sheldrick has turned her Nairobi home into a nursery and rehabilitation center for infant elephants who have lost their families

March 1997