Safina, Carl
Carried by the longest wingspans of any bird, they soar for thousands of miles without ever setting webbed foot on land.
Drăgan, Ştefan Aurel
Raygorodetsky, Gleb
After the Societ Union collapsed, so did the brown bear population of the Kamchatka Peninsula. In this untamed frontier, poaching keeps the bears at risk.
Jenkins, Mark
Kingo and his family of reclusive lowland gorillas live wild and free in the Congo Basin of central Africa.
Nicklen, Paul
Medieval royalty coveted the Arctic whale 's long ivory tusk. So do modern hunters, and that 's taking a toll on the population.
Warren, Lynne
Winged lords of northern forests, the big raptors fly noiselessly, hunt in light or dark, and can hear a field mouse stir under the snow.
Moffett, Mark W.
Things you likely didn 't know about ants: They groom each other. They use tools. And they love hang gliding.
Morell, Virginia
Brainy fellow creatures show that humans are not alone in their ability to invent, plan, or contemplate.
Roach, Mary
The Fongoli chimps of Senegal will break off a branch, sharpen it with their teeth, and use it to hunt bush babies. That 's just one of the recent discoveries that underscore the ape-human connection.