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Special Report: The Presidential Election
Senators John McCain and Barack Obama state their positions on some of the key conservation and environmental issues facing the United States today

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Putting the “Public” Back in Public Lands
By Daniel Glick
An open letter to the next president from a Colorado journalist

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Speeding the Swift Fox's Return
By Catharine Moser
A tribal program on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana is among several efforts to reintroduce this diminutive canine to habitat where it has been wiped out

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Perilous Journeys
By Steve Kemper
Just as science begins to solve the mysteries of their seasonal comings and goings, many of the world’s migratory species are in sharp decline

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Why Is This Crocodile Smiling?
By Hannah Schardt
After being hunted to the edge of extinction, the American crocodile's U.S. population has rebounded to its highest level in more than a century

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Busy with Bees
By Michael Lipske
In Bavaria, a team of industrious scientists uses high-tech tools to study the secret lives of honeybees—work that could shed light on the pollinators’ mysterious disappearances

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Elephant Crossing
Photograph by Frans Lanting
An African elephant strolls through the lobby of the Mfuwe Lodge in Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park

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Changing Places
By Tui De Roy
Only in New Zealand can you find parrots at home in the snow and penguins thriving in forests