Student researchers come face to face with wildlife in the Rwandan mountains.
Wildlife
Drought Survivors
Through paintings and prose, a writer reflects on the startling resilience she finds in the most unexpected of places.
Searching for the ghost cat in Tajikistan: Part Three
Tara Meyer and her team conclude their search for the snow leopard in Tajikistan’s Hissar Mountains.
Reading the bones: In the field with a depredation detective
Big cats kill a lot of livestock in India’s Kahna Reserve, provoking local herders to retaliate. Jennie Miller is using forensics, ecology, and satellite mapping to reduce the escalating tension between large predators and people.
Fading Spots: A Mother’s Story
With only 13,000 cheetahs left in the wild, the future of the world’s fastest land animal is far from secure. Mary Wykstra, Director of Action for Cheetahs in Kenya, tells the story of nearly a decade spent observing the life of a cheetah she calls “Mom.”