animals

Learning to Love Bats

A winged love story takes flight in Chicago

By Elaine Glusac January 27, 2020

In this story: wildlife, urban living, science, animals

Small adorable group of little brown bats hanging off the roof of a cave

The Cutest Baby Animals You've Ever Seen

Suzi Eszterhas specializes in free-nature photography

November 4, 2019

In this story: photography, animals

Two cheetah cubs lie on a termite mound facing the camera. Their mother's legs and belly (from the side) are framing them.

ICYMI: Selfie-Taking Fern & Tool-Using Pigs

A weekly news roundup for busy people

By Heather Smith October 17, 2019

In this story: politics, animals, technology, science, federal climate policy

Fern takes a cameraphone selfie while another plant looks by in disgust.

ICYMI: Secret Whales & Fat Bears

A weekly round-up for busy people

By Heather Smith October 11, 2019

In this story: politics, international climate policy, animals

ICYMI: Hot America vs. Cold America & Squirrel Assassins

A weekly round-up for busy people

By Heather Smith October 4, 2019

In this story: federal climate policy, climate change, animals, politics

What's the Environmental Impact of Termite Tenting?

Make sure the company you hire follows proper procedures

By Bob Schildgen September 30, 2019

In this story: animals

Searching for the Bathurst Caribou Herd

Two kayakers, Arctic tundra, and thousands of missing caribou

By Erin Clancey June 22, 2019

In this story: animals, travel, climate change, kayaking, science

Is the Human Race Sleepwalking to Oblivion?

Nick Brandt's "This Empty World" is an elegy for a planet in peril

By Jonathan Hahn June 29, 2019

In this story: photography, animals, climate change

In River of People With Elephant at Night, an elephant stands in between two lines of people, all looking down at their phones.

Zoos Gone Wild—With Hope

How some are giving animals a leg up in the face of climate change

By Lela Nargi March 4, 2019

In this story: animals

Better Living With Bears

Boulder, Colorado, is pioneering ways of coexisting with the city’s wild neighbors

By Brandon Keim February 26, 2019

In this story: bears, animals, science

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