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The World's Largest Bee and the Cautionary Tale of Its Rediscovery

Scientists were thrilled to find the Wallace's giant bee, missing for four decades. Things did not go as they'd hoped.
Oliver Milman April 11, 2022
A female orangutan and her three-year-old offspring from Central Kalimantan, Borneo; primatologists found the primates reduced social interaction in the wake of destructive fires.
science

How Orangutans Changed Their Behavior After Devastating Fires

Primatologists found the disaster's effects lingered years after the smoke cleared from Borneo's forests.
Bridget Alex April 5, 2022
A 2020 trail cam photo of Jo the deer.
science

How One Wyoming Mule Deer Won Friends and Influenced Science

Jo the deer offered researchers a look into migrations and how long it takes deer to visit a forest after a fire.
Kylie Mohr April 4, 2022
forests

A Journey Into a Wondrous World Hidden Deep in the Congo Forest

A remote wedge of wilderness is home to trailblazing elephants, epic trees, and the only chimps and gorillas known to share a meal.
John Reid and Thomas Lovejoy April 1, 2022
Eagle Lake, north shore.
Spaulding, California

Eagle Lake

At the edge of the high desert, California's second-largest natural lake is home to a unique subspecies of trout adapted to its alkaline waters.
Anthony Colegrove loads a fisher, which is located in the black cylinder of the trap, into his truckbed. Colegrove, a tribal member, works as a field technician for the Hoopa Valley Tribe’s wildlife division.
science

Monitoring a Rare Carnivore in California's Klamath Mountains

The Hoopa Valley Tribe’s wildlife division maintains some of the most detailed documentation of fishers in North America.
Elizabeth Miller March 28, 2022
forests

Podcast: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team March 28, 2022
A muriqui mother and infant
Caratinga, Brazil

The Muriquis of Feliciano Miguel Abdala Reserve

A preserved section of the Atlantic Forest is an important habitat for these critically endangered monkeys.
Andrea Marshall's love of marine life began at an early age, and is the motivation for her extensive research and conservation work.
science

The ‘Queen of the Mantas’ Who Became a Force of Nature

Lauded for her research on gentle giants of the sea, Andrea Marshall is using her fame to find hope for our troubled oceans.
Gemma Tarlach March 25, 2022
Biruté Mary Galdikas has spent more than half a century studying Borneo's orangutans.
science

The Anthropologist Who Has Spent 50 Years Protecting—and Learning From—Orangutans

Biruté Mary Galdikas has quietly fought on the frontlines of some of conservation’s biggest battles. 
Gemma Tarlach March 24, 2022
statues

Podcast: Life Changing Locations with the Places Team

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team March 23, 2022
Wildlife biologist Serra Hoagland has studied the Mexican spotted owl throughout her career.
forests

The Wildlife Scientist Finding Innovation in Ancient Ideas

Biologist Serra Hoagland bridges Indigenous traditions and modern methods.
Gemma Tarlach March 22, 2022
Georgina Mace changed the way scientists and policymakers view biodiversity.
science

The Ecologist Who Made Biodiversity Count

Georgina Mace helped change the way both scientists and policymakers see living things, including the most vulnerable.
Gemma Tarlach March 21, 2022
A pod of short-finned pilot whales.
science

A Whale of a Tale about a Science Breakthrough Ignored for Decades

In 1981, Helene Marsh and her mentor discovered the truth about a basic biological process—but it took many researchers years to accept it.
Madeline Bodin March 17, 2022
Australian emu.
science

Emu Dads Raise the Young—Which May Not Even Be Their Offspring

As birds go, these Australian animals are unusual in many ways, including how they divvy up parenting duties.
Hannah Thomasy March 15, 2022
monuments

Podcast: Possum Monument

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team March 10, 2022
A golden lion tamarin at Pouca das Antas
Silva Jardim, Brazil

The Golden Lion Tamarins of Poço das Antas

These small, spectacular monkeys are making a comeback after deforestation destroyed much of their rainforest habitat.
mechanical instruments

Podcast: Elephant Clock

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team March 9, 2022