Where the Dogs Lead
Tracking dogs and their Maasai handlers are helping to keep wildlife and people safe in northern Tanzania—and word of their effectiveness is spreading.
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World Traveler
This tiny songbird treks cross-hemisphere over deserts, oceans, and mountain ranges in one of the animal kingdom’s most impressive migrations.
A Noble War
An ex-soldier of fortune takes up the fight to protect one of the world’s most heavily persecuted creatures.
The Great Divide
A fateful crossing of the Congo River by ancestral apes led to the rise of the modern bonobo.
Lion Guardians
With human-wildlife conflicts on the rise across East Africa, Kenya’s iconic predators find some unlikely allies.
Savanna Socialites
In spotted hyena society, it's not the strength of the bite, but a strong network of allies that matters most.
Spikes and Malice
For the armored bush cricket, survival in the Namib Desert requires a diverse and surprising arsenal of defenses.
Arid Apparition
Once driven to near extinction by trophy hunting, the black rhino’s slow recovery is now encountering a new threat.
March of the Flamingos
In the harsh, hot soda lakes of East Africa, flamingos thrive, and now scientists are beginning to understand how these birds live where other species die.
Taking Pangolin off the Menu
Without the tireless efforts of local conservation heroes, one of the most heavily trafficked animals on the planet might just go extinct—before you even know it exists.
World Traveler
This tiny songbird treks cross-hemisphere over deserts, oceans, and mountain ranges in one of the animal kingdom’s most impressive migrations.
A Noble War
An ex-soldier of fortune takes up the fight to protect one of the world’s most heavily persecuted creatures.
The Great Divide
A fateful crossing of the Congo River by ancestral apes led to the rise of the modern bonobo.
Lion Guardians
With human-wildlife conflicts on the rise across East Africa, Kenya’s iconic predators find some unlikely allies.
Savanna Socialites
In spotted hyena society, it's not the strength of the bite, but a strong network of allies that matters most.
Spikes and Malice
For the armored bush cricket, survival in the Namib Desert requires a diverse and surprising arsenal of defenses.
Arid Apparition
Once driven to near extinction by trophy hunting, the black rhino’s slow recovery is now encountering a new threat.
March of the Flamingos
In the harsh, hot soda lakes of East Africa, flamingos thrive, and now scientists are beginning to understand how these birds live where other species die.
Taking Pangolin off the Menu
Without the tireless efforts of local conservation heroes, one of the most heavily trafficked animals on the planet might just go extinct—before you even know it exists.