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With only 100 or so individuals living north of the U.S.-Mexico border, the ocelot is thought to be the most endangered feline in America. Photograph by Aflo/NPL

No Country for Old Ocelots

Can wildlife crossings save America’s most endangered feline?

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A group of male African lions rests in the Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya, as storm clouds build overhead. Photograph by Denis-Huot
Africa’s Conservation Conundrum

The trophy hunting industry in Africa is dying, and that should concern all of us. What, if anything, replaces it will prove critical for the protection of the continent’s wildlife and wild places.

A Mediterranean rainbow wrasse shelters in Neptune seagrass, which is likely the oldest living organism on Earth. A single patch of seagrass found in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain is estimated to be between 80,000 and 200,000 years old.
From Weed to Wonder

Once dismissed as an underwater nuisance, scientists are beginning to see seagrass meadows as vital to marine and coastal health.

Two Iberian lynx peer over rocky outcrops. Photograph by Andoni Canela
Bounding Toward Recovery

The Iberian lynx—one of the world’s most endangered cats—made a giant leap toward a comeback in just a few years, easing the way for other species to follow in its path.

The Sharavati River flows through the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Photograph by Dhritiman Mukherjee
Seeing the River for the Fish

Scientists and local communities are working to save an iconic but little-known species of fish in India—but first, they have to find it.

A lone dragon’s blood tree in the Momi Valley of Socotra. Photograph by Neil Lucas
Saving the Dragon’s Blood

Despite a range of threats, from droughts and cyclones to goats and militarization, Socotra's iconic trees are staging a slow, patient comeback—with the help of the people who know them best.

A Way Forward with Wolves

Washington state’s long-running conflict between wolves and ranchers mirrors our society’s bigger ideological rifts. Some are trying to bridge the gap—using both horse and technology.

Returning England’s Forgotten Frog

As scientists were discovering a surprising detail about an often-overlooked frog, the last local population of the species was winking out of existence. The extraordinary story of England’s pool frog and the effort to bring it back.

The Saguaro Solution

Can a massive effort to replant cacti in the Sonoran Desert restore an ecosystem ravaged by fire?

A levee divides a parched salt pond from a burgeoning wetland.
Past the Salt

In San Francisco’s salty South Bay, an ambitious wetlands restoration project is seeking to balance a return to the ecological past with the realities of a changing future.