Wildlife

Cliffside with Argentina's burrowing parrots, biologist Juan Masello has broken bones, crushed a vein, and nearly drowned.

In a preview of our new book, we witness how, every five to seven years, the Atacama shows its true colors.

Researchers exploring the country's threatened coastal habitats discovered 'staggering' biodiversity.

In a preview of our new book, we meet birds that form a sweet alliance with people.

In a preview of our new book, we watch the world’s largest living structure renews itself in nights of moonlit passion.

In a preview of our new book, we meet beautiful nonbinary animals that combine male and female characteristics.

New studies from a boneyard of fossilized skeletons may reveal why the 'roos grew and hopped the way they do.

Bigger than the Great Wall of China, Hadrian's Wall, and the Pyramids of Giza combined, the region's ubiquitous stone walls are also a unique ecological habitat.

In a preview of our new book, we meet some of humankind’s earliest muses.

The deer of Nara Park are part of a millennium-old genetic lineage—does that make them more deserving of protection?

In a preview of our new book, we look at scrappy and squat high-elevation trees that can live for thousands of years without seeming to age.

In a preview of our new book, we meet a small bird that makes a blood pact with a large mammal.

In a preview of our new book, we look at some ancient reptiles who are getting new homes—sometimes in someone's backyard.

A statue in Maine made for a vagrant hawk offers one way to honor these fleeting visitors. Flaco fans take note.

In a preview of our new book, we meet bats that construct tiny abodes of leaves, with built-in security alarms.

Back when killer whales used to assist humans.

This fall, we're offering a stunning, all-new guide to the world's living wonders.