How to Save a Rainforest
It took decades to hammer out a landmark conservation deal to save Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest. Now the real work begins.
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The Seed Savers
As the trees at the heart of America’s western wilderness are dying, ecologists are trying to grow their way out of the problem.
Unearthing Nature’s Pesticides
Biological pesticides, from bacterial toxins to fungi delivered by bees, are a hot trend in agriculture. But harnessing nature is no easy task.
Counting Fish
An impossible challenge, but one that's critical to the fish, the ecosystems in which they live, and the humans who depend on them
The Nursery
Unlocking the habitat secrets of one of the planet’s most important salmon fisheries—and the specter of industrial development that threatens its very existence
A Forest Hidden by Fog
Spellbound by an idea, a writer sets out to find the mythical cloud forest—and shines a bright light on an endangered ecosystem.
Bugs on Ice
Solving an entomological mystery in the Canadian Rockies
Cancer at Sea
A mysterious disease afflicting California sea lions is helping scientists understand the causes of cancer in all animals—including humans.
Owl Wars
The latest conservation conflicts pit one species against another. To save an iconic bird in the Pacific Northwest, the government is taking no chances—and no prisoners.
The Tree That Ate the West
Both native and invasive—protected and reviled—western junipers are a living contradiction.
The Seed Savers
As the trees at the heart of America’s western wilderness are dying, ecologists are trying to grow their way out of the problem.
Unearthing Nature’s Pesticides
Biological pesticides, from bacterial toxins to fungi delivered by bees, are a hot trend in agriculture. But harnessing nature is no easy task.
Counting Fish
An impossible challenge, but one that's critical to the fish, the ecosystems in which they live, and the humans who depend on them
The Nursery
Unlocking the habitat secrets of one of the planet’s most important salmon fisheries—and the specter of industrial development that threatens its very existence
A Forest Hidden by Fog
Spellbound by an idea, a writer sets out to find the mythical cloud forest—and shines a bright light on an endangered ecosystem.
Bugs on Ice
Solving an entomological mystery in the Canadian Rockies
Cancer at Sea
A mysterious disease afflicting California sea lions is helping scientists understand the causes of cancer in all animals—including humans.
Owl Wars
The latest conservation conflicts pit one species against another. To save an iconic bird in the Pacific Northwest, the government is taking no chances—and no prisoners.
The Tree That Ate the West
Both native and invasive—protected and reviled—western junipers are a living contradiction.