An adventure on an Alaskan glacier with a new best friend.

Meditations on the myth of the voiceless.

The soul of an octopus.

The story of the loneliest whale in the world.

What happens when we talk to animals?

An ambitious new system will track scores of species from space—shedding light, scientists hope, on the lingering mysteries of animal movement.

Twenty-five years ago, the tragedy at the World of Primates building broke the city’s heart and raised a loaded question: What, exactly, do we owe the animals in our care?

What will we lose when Najin and Fatu die?

Two Southern neighbors form a layered bond.

In Gujarat, India, a special breed of camel is not constrained by land—but cannot escape the many forces of change.

The planet’s tallest animal is in far greater danger than people might think.

If researchers can figure out how pigeons and rats evolve to thrive in hostile city habitats, it could help other beasts—including us—adapt to climate change.

Scenes from a troubled Appalachian marriage.

On becoming a mom.

What’s at stake in the fight over development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? A caribou herd, and a culture that relies on it.

An unexpected visitor—a camel—helps a woman cope with personal and political turmoil.

“Rats are our shadow selves.”

What science can tell us about how other creatures experience the world.

On the grief that comes with losing livestock.

Various forms of isolation in rural Canada.

For decades, Jeffrey Lendrum went to extreme lengths to snatch falcon eggs from their nests and sell them to the highest bidder. Then he got caught.

An obsessive marine biologist gambles his savings, family, and sanity on a quest to be the first to capture a live giant squid.

A quest for tigers in India.

Put a few termites into a petri dish and they wander around aimlessly; put in forty and they start stampeding around the dish’s perimeter like a herd. But put enough termites together, in the right conditions, and they will build you a cathedral.

Could a global icon of extinction still be alive?