National Wildlife Magazine
Fall 2024 Issue
The only obvious thing about the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is its name. But with the aid of eDNA, scientists can locate this and other notoriously elusive species more easily. Also in this issue: monarchs and Mexico’s Day of the Dead; behind the scenes of the documentary “A Buffalo Story”; another reason to worry about Burmese pythons; and how wildlife managers are creating a desert oasis for sandhill cranes. (Photo by Klaus Echle, Nature Picture Library.)
Following the Trail of eDNA
Environmental DNA, or eDNA, is helping scientists locate elusive wildlife—from rare and endangered s...
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Maintaining a Sandhill Crane Oasis in the Desert
In a New Mexico desert transformed by human activity, wildlife managers create the seasonal wetlands...
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A Monarch Migration Timed to Mexico’s Day of the Dead
In Mexico, where monarchs end their migration around Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, the but...
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Another Reason to Worry About Burmese Pythons? This Parasite.
As scientists try to manage invasive Burmese pythons in Florida’s Everglades, an additional biologic...
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New in Wildlife Science: Fluorescent Mammals & Penguin Power Naps
Mammals: even more fluorescent than we thought; how chinstrap penguins power nap to protect nests; ...
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Crossword: Group Work
Q: What do you call a group effort? A: Our fall crossword spotlighting collective nouns for animals....
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Want to Nurture Wildlife? Plant a Native Oak.
Fall is the time to a plant a native oak tree that will benefit thousands of wildlife species for th...
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Reinventing the American Lawn
So long, turfgrass. Researchers are testing sustainable lawn alternatives that nurture bees, butterf...
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Corporate Landscaping Rolls Out the Wildlife Welcome Mat
When corporations rewild their landscaping, acres of lawn become greener, more wildlife-friendly and...
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Behind the Photo: A Wolverine Ode to Joy
How photographer Gretchen Kay Stuart snagged her frame of a wolverine mid-romp in Washington state
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Singing Double: A Neon Horizon from Artist Marie Watt
Artist Marie Watt illuminates the link between Marvin Gaye and her neon work 'Shared Horizon (Keeper...
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Behind the Photo: A Brown Bear Sees Red
How Kate and Adam Rice of KAR Photography snagged their prizewinning photo of a brown bear fishing—b...
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