© HEIDI AND HANS-JŰRGEN KOCH (MINDEN PICTURES)

Everglades Invasion
By Doreen Cubie
While taxpayers are spending billions of dollars to restore the Everglades, a deadly army of foreign species is undercutting the effort by pushing out native plants and animals

© MITSUAKI IWAGO (MINDEN PICTURES)

They’ve Got Personality
By Cynthia Berger
Long considered unscientific, studies of the dispositions of individual animals are multiplying, yielding some fascinating—and sometimes practical—results

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Hooked on Billfish
By Roger Di Silvestro
Marlin, sailfish and spearfish are among the most magnificent creatures in the sea, but commercial fishing has driven down their populations; now a simple change in fishhooks may help save them

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The Maiming of the Shrew
By Alexander Badyaev
The world’s smallest mammals, and among the most resilient, find themselves increasingly vulnerable to the rapid pace of climate change at higher latitudes

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High on Hornbills
By Tim Laman
In a decades-long quest to shoot pictures of some of the world’s rarest and most spectacular birds, a photographer learns about patience—and the power of individuals to make a difference

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Fighting for the Firefox
By Wendee Holtcamp
Nepal’s red panda is getting help from a small group of local forest guardians, but the highly endangered mammal still faces a troubled future as its habitat is lost to deforestation

© MITSUHIKO IMAMORI (MINDEN PICTURES)

Living Larders
Photo by Mitsuhiko Imamori
In central Australia, honeypot ants (Camponotus inflatus) hang from the ceiling of their underground nest