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Delicate branching corals in the lagoon at Dravuni Island, Fiji.
animals

Seabird Poop Can Be Good for Coral Reefs

The eternal, ecological, excremental connection between sea, land, and sky.
Evan Nicole Brown March 26, 2019
Painted lady butterflies pause to feed on the nectar of California's superbloom near Thousand Palms.
insects

An Amazing Butterfly Irruption Is Swarming Across California

Painted ladies are taking the skies by storm.
Evan Nicole Brown March 14, 2019
A puma, with prey, caught in a camera trap.
forests

How Puma Leftovers Help Shape the Forest Ecosystem

They feed loads and loads of beetles, in addition to foxes, bears, and more.
Noor Al-Samarrai March 13, 2019
Hang in there, buddy!
caves

A Visual Guide to the Creatures That Could Disappear From Each U.S. State

If you're endangered, it helps to be famous and cute.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 1, 2019
Wallace's giant bee is, well, very big.
islands

Found: The Biggest Bee in the World

It had been 40 years since the last sighting in Indonesia's Maluku Islands.
Noor Al-Samarrai February 21, 2019
Monkeys, not apes!
monkeys

The Curious Case of the Last 'Wild' Monkeys in Europe

Barbary macaques remain in Gibraltar thanks to a quirk of empire.
Dan Nosowitz January 28, 2019
<em>Thermus scotoductus</em> hangs in hot springs, such as Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic Spring. And in your house.
science

Your Water Heater Is an Extreme Environment

Microbes that thrive under the harshest conditions are making themselves right at home—in our homes.
Jessica Leigh Hester January 25, 2019
In Malaysian rain forests, termites such as these <em>Macrotermes carbonarius</em> serve key ecological functions.
forests

Termites Are a Rain Forest's Ecological Insurance Policy

During a drought, wood-eating insects can be a jungle's best friends.
Noor Al-Samarrai January 14, 2019
Qatar

Musfur Sinkhole

Climb down into the largest sinkhole in Qatar.
science

How to See the Poetry in Plants

A botanist made fantastical sketches of the rain forests' natural wonders.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 14, 2018
Baby mountain gorilla in Virunga National Park.
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Virunga National Park

The most biologically diverse protected area in Africa is also the most dangerous.
Droege dubbed this unknown species, part of the <em>Mourecotelles</em> genus, "Bee cute furry face."
bees

How Close-Up Glamour Shots Are Generating Buzz for Bees

The pictures were taken for science, but found a wider audience because they're gorgeous and a little trippy.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 27, 2018
Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku, New Zealand

World's Loneliest Tree

The most remote tree in the world is more than 170 miles from its nearest neighbor.
So many cephalopods.
underwater

Found: The Largest Cluster of Deep-Sea Octopuses Ever Recorded

More than 1,000 were spotted off the coast of Monterey, California.
Anna Kusmer October 30, 2018
Salinas de Fuencaliente
La Palma, Spain

Fuencaliente Saltworks

The largest salt farm in the Canary Islands is located at the foot of an active volcano.
science

Squirrel Counting Is a Great Excuse to Explore Central Park

A lesson in slowing down and looking close.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 24, 2018
A butterfly tagged with a Monarch Watch ID in Washington, DC, in 2012.
insects

Tag, You're an Insect

Tracking small creatures is frustrating, delicate, fascinating work.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 5, 2018
Meet the blue-throated hillstar.
ecuador

The Existential Ennui of Discovering an Endangered Species

Newly found and already almost lost.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 27, 2018