Worth getting up early for
What killed 500-plus penguins? How scientists solved the mystery
Wildlife veterinarian Ralph Vanstreels went to Antarctica's Danger Islands in March 2024 expecting bird flu in dead Adélie penguins. His team counted more than 537 carcasses on one landing ramp, and lab work showed…
nair's thrush, orange in the ravine light
hooded parrot holding still on the mound
Lynx under the log, absolutely unbothered
Queen of the boardwalk keeping watch
Spectacled owl, unbothered and staring back
Golden Bush Robin, all wings and gold
Green down to the toes
First snow over the sound
Redtail lit up over Marin
Cedar waxwing, master of balance
A laughingthrush watching from the moss
Looking up, thinking about figs
Bluebirds nesting in a dead snag
Eight eyes looking right at you
the eyes at four weeks
Sunbird with wings straight up
The happiest face on Rottnest Island
Leopard mid yawn at Okonjima
Nutcracker in the open light, all those spots
Both of them calling at once.
Two humpbacks up past the break
Loggers say Roadless Rule repeal won't solve their biggest challenges
President Trump is expected to soon repeal the Roadless Rule, which since 2001 has blocked most new logging and road building on about 44 million acres of national forest. The administration says the change will bring…
How the deep stuff gets filmed
Those toes are something else
Look at the size of those paws
Two kingfishers on one branch
Flame-templed babbler, eye to eye
both wings open at the same time
