Four Crazy Ways Cool Creatures Survive Cold Winters

From urine recycling to hibernation on demand, here’s how four critters survive snow and frigid weather in style.

Christine Peterson

The Mountain Lion in the Window

The subject of the message was: OMG! Mountain Lion Kitten in Window Well!!!! And really, it just got more interesting from there.

Cara Cannon Byington

Unlocking the Mysterious Journeys of Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico

Explore the Gulf of Mexico in a whole new way -- live animal tracking and maps included!

Jorge Brenner and Valerie Pietsch McNulty

Wind’s Big Footprint: Clean Energy Still Needs Safeguards for Nature

Wind turbines are a vital part of a clean energy future, but we can we site them in a way that minimizes impacts to birds, bats and natural habitats?

Dustin Solberg

Meet The Magnificently Weird Mola Mola

Meet the Mola mola (aka sunfish), quite possibly the weirdest fish in the sea.

Justine E. Hausheer

The Fascinating Fall Behavior of Wild Turkeys

Forget the gobbling and strutting. Here’s how wild turkeys will spend Thanksgiving Day.

Matthew L. Miller

Tracing the Wild Origins of the Domestic Turkey

What are the wild origins of our domestic turkey – and who did the domesticating? It’s a remarkable story that includes a lost turkey subspecies.

Joe Smith

The Ultimate Guide to the Wild Turkey

Enjoy our feast of wild turkey facts and trivia.

Matthew L. Miller

Gar Wars: A Fish Force Awakens

A gathering force of fish conservationists is changing the narrative around gar, an ancient fish too long accused of crimes it didn’t commit.

Matthew L. Miller

Recovery: The Salvation of Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge

Invasive rats, goats and even monkeys had overrun the national wildlife refuge, turning it into an ecological wasteland. But there’s hope.

Ted Williams

Reefs Like Zombies?

Coral reefs, parrotfish, climate change, Michigan tourists, and, well, zombies.

Cara Cannon Byington

Hurricane Sandy and the Flooding That Wasn’t

Most visitors come her for the warblers, but some come for the weirs.

Cara Cannon Byington