The author investigates the massive wildlife die-off in the Salton Sea by rafting from its tributaries in Mexico.

In the feral communities of Russia’s Far East, tiger poaching is among the few lucrative pursuits. This is the story of a tiger who fought back.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, oil magnate and once the richest man in Russia, delivers a speech from prison, where he has lived since 2003.

A profile of Yao Ming published during his second season in the NBA.

A profile of video game artist Shigeru Miyamoto, the man behind Super Mario Bros.

Putin, Medvedev, and how the Russian security agency FSB became the “new nobility.”

On the evolution of Nigeria’s booming film industry, which produces 50 full-length features a week.

How the social networks that popped up in Facebook’s absence—the site is not available behind the Great Firewall—are changing Chinese culture.

On the group of friends who came to rule the bizarre, decreasingly lucrative world of Internet porn.

Reporting from Kuwait on the week of its liberation, a brutal account of the atrocities committed during seven months of Iraqi occupation.

On existing as a girl in the boy’s club that is the world.

The story of the meeting that led to the creation of ISIS, as explained by someone still on the inside.

The bloody reign of Rodrigo Duterte, who was elected President of the Phillipines in May.

In the last year alone, over 150,000 people have risked their lives to leave.

A young Brazilian couple from “an impoverished northeastern city that’s been described as ground zero of the Zika epidemic” struggle to care for their daughter.

John Georgelas was a military brat and drug enthusiast from Texas. Now he’s a prominent figure within the Islamic State.

A 48-hour reconstruction of the Breitscheidplatz Attack and the political response.

Two bodies wash up in Northern Europe, wearing identical wetsuits. The search for their identities leads authorities to a camp in Calais.

Alberto Nisman accused Iran and Argentina of colluding to bury a terrorist attack. Did it get him killed?

The anti-human trafficking stings conducted by Operation Underground Railroad are flashy, exciting, camera-ready. Whether or not they truly help victims is another question.

Julia, a 30-year-old, has spent her life trying not to take more than what she needs from the world. It’s made life very difficult.

Controversy following a climbing disaster that killed eight.

The most successful songwriter of the last twenty years is a forty-four year old Swede, Max Martin.

A trip to Papua New Guinea, “an island caught between the ancient world and 2015.”