The Wonder of a Pale Whale
A curious calf with an atypical birthday suit is a good sign for southern right whales.
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How Argentina’s Getting Its Jaguars Back
With the birth of a wild cub, a jaguar reintroduction project in the Gran Chaco Forest achieves its biggest milestone to date.
Sticking the Landing
Tree and torrent frogs defy gravity with complicated toes.
Mom on the Menu
Centipede mothers don’t just protect their young—some become their offspring’s first meal.
As the Forest Fries, Brazil’s Formidable Formicidae May Falter
An age-old relationship between ants and plants may unravel in a warming world.
To Discover the World’s First Intersex Southern Right Whale, the Third Test Was the Charm
What you think you know about the world depends on how you’re looking.
The Secret Sex Lives of Deep, Dark Corals
A unique fjord in Chilean Patagonia gives scientists a chance to unlock the reproductive secrets of cold-water corals that typically live thousands of meters below the ocean’s surface.
Prowling for Pelicans
In Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, wildlife is making a comeback.
An Eye for a Fly
The black caiman is one of the Amazon’s fiercest predators, but against this tiny nuisance it’s defenseless.
Toothy Transport
South America’s broad-snouted caiman is a fierce mother—and has been fiercely mothered back into abundance.
How Argentina’s Getting Its Jaguars Back
With the birth of a wild cub, a jaguar reintroduction project in the Gran Chaco Forest achieves its biggest milestone to date.
Sticking the Landing
Tree and torrent frogs defy gravity with complicated toes.
Mom on the Menu
Centipede mothers don’t just protect their young—some become their offspring’s first meal.
As the Forest Fries, Brazil’s Formidable Formicidae May Falter
An age-old relationship between ants and plants may unravel in a warming world.
To Discover the World’s First Intersex Southern Right Whale, the Third Test Was the Charm
What you think you know about the world depends on how you’re looking.
The Secret Sex Lives of Deep, Dark Corals
A unique fjord in Chilean Patagonia gives scientists a chance to unlock the reproductive secrets of cold-water corals that typically live thousands of meters below the ocean’s surface.
Prowling for Pelicans
In Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, wildlife is making a comeback.
An Eye for a Fly
The black caiman is one of the Amazon’s fiercest predators, but against this tiny nuisance it’s defenseless.
Toothy Transport
South America’s broad-snouted caiman is a fierce mother—and has been fiercely mothered back into abundance.