Windows into the Earth
The freshwater springs of the American Southwest are among the most endangered ecosystems on Earth. Fortunately, they're also among the most resilient.
Christina Selby's Latest Articles
The Pinyon Paradox
Steering pinyon jays from decline requires better knowing and tending one of the American West’s most unappreciated woodlands.
A River’s Right to Flow
Indigenous communities and conservationists around the world are challenging the view of water as a human commodity, and fighting to keep this precious resource in the ecosystems it sustains. Can the same approach work in the arid Southwest?
Into the Wild
North America’s rarest wolf subspecies is finally reclaiming its native territory in the Southwest, thanks in part to a fostering program that places captive-born pups into wild dens.
Better Beef
Can the cattle industry be remade to save the Amazon rainforest?
In Search of the Lost
On a quest to find a missing primate, a team of scientists discovers that sometimes maps tell only the smallest part of the story.