On the troubled, legendary Deschutes River fly-fishing guide.

On the rare white bear that may save a British Columbia rainforest.

A trip to the South African Million Dollar Pigeon Race.

Tracking the humble hummingbird down to Belize.

One man’s quest to witness the “Bison Cull” in Yellowstone National Park.

The process of decomposition, recounted in painstaking detail.

A plague leads sea stars to tear off their own arms.

On the Aran islands of Ireland.

On our relationship with wild horses.

The question for researchers isn’t “How smart are dolphins?” It’s “How are dolphins smart?”

Why do all those rugged coastlines, moors and stone buildings make England seem haunted?

On the rapid disintegration of the ecosystem in Las Vegas.

Coastal erosion is leading more than a few Britons to watch their homes crumble into the sea.

In the deep ocean, a swimming sea-worm called a “green bomber” can throw sacs of light when attacked.

She’s 80 now, working 13 hour days, and still won’t take so much as a reporter’s hand to cross the stream.

Locals on the Outer Banks are arguing about whether climate change is real. Meanwhile, their islands are disappearing.

Perhaps because your people have always hunted them. But also because there’s demand in New York fashion circles for their pelts.

A man’s love of pigeons leads him to build a Ponzi scheme out of birds.

The controversial owner of the Dallas World Aquarium once nearly caused a riot over pygmy sloths.

The British and Irish have coined some fabulous terms to describe nature and landscrape. “Doofers” is the Scots’ term for horse-shit; “clinkerbell” means icicle in Hampshire.

A friendship born of mutual interest in birding stretches across the Berlin Wall.

Three years ago, Shell spent millions to send a colossal oil rig to drill in the remote seas of the Arctic. But the Arctic had other plans.

75 years ago, Marguerite Perey unearthed an element while working as a technician in Marie Curie’s lab. Her achievement came at a great cost.

A story of bird and human patterns.

"Rose is nothing without him because difference defines everything. The eyes of the Cooper’s hawk are closer to the front of the head than the sharp-shinned hawk. The downy woodpecker’s bill is small relative to its head while the hairy woodpecker’s bill is long and thick. House finches are more slender than purple finches. When she finds his hairs scattered on the pillow, they are straight, black pins while hers are bright, red commas."

Walking the East Tennessee woods with a Carol, aka “The Forest Granny,” a woman who lives off the land.