Skylar Knight

Washington state’s long-running conflict between wolves and ranchers mirrors our society’s bigger ideological rifts. Some are trying to bridge the gap—using both horse and technology.

In his latest book, Elderflora, Jared Farmer chronicles a history of exploration and study, destruction and preservation that will keep humans and age-old trees intertwined for the long haul.

In their fight against the homogenization of nature, scientists and farmers are walking well-worn paths and using innovative approaches to help bring native pollinators back to California.

The Iberian lynx—one of the world’s most endangered cats—made a giant leap toward a comeback in just a few years, easing the way for other species to follow in its path.

High in the Himalayas, a photographer searches for an elusive wildcat—and finds it in an unlikely hideout.

South America’s broad-snouted caiman is a fierce mother—and has been fiercely mothered back into abundance.

New bioacoustic tools are revolutionizing scientific research and enabling much quicker conservation efforts around the globe.

Meerkats are famous for their teamwork, but their communal behavior is enforced by a matriarch with an iron fist.

Beetles are the most diverse group of animals on the planet—and that diversity expresses itself in extraordinary and sometimes preposterous ways.

In Sweden, researchers working to save a rare variety of mountain hare think conservation should focus on genes, not just species.