This story is part of a series designed to introduce the perspectives of alumni from the National Geographic Society and The Nature Conservancy’s global youth externship program. Each guest author…
In the mountains of the driest state in the U.S. lives a large mammal most commonly associated with wetlands and willows. Moose migrated on their own to Nevada’s Jarbidge Mountains…
I raised my binoculars, expecting to get a view of a mule deer. I often spotted them in this little valley, and when I saw the tan form, I knew…
I was lost in my thoughts on a recent gray, dreary day when I heard rustling. Immediately I was out of my head and into the (literal) weeds. The creature…
The striped skunk is one of the most familiar mammals of North America, instantly recognizable by sight or smell. But there are nine other species of skunks, and arguably the…
This species is so new to science that it hasn’t been formally described, hence the placeholder scientific name, Mallomys species nova. The Bosavi woolly rat was discovered in 2009, during…
Yes, you read that right. In the forests of Chile’s Valdivian Coastal Reserve, there is a small mammal known, in English, as the “long-nosed Chilean shrew opossum.” In Spanish, it’s…
Corinna Riginos first noticed the ants swarming her kitchen: a household pest situation familiar to people around the globe. It was 2010 and she had recently moved into a lovely…
Sprinkled throughout every county in one of the country’s most densely populated states, lives more than 3,000 furry, lumbering omnivores. Even in New Jersey, black bears have learned to coexist,…
On the outskirts of Yellowstone National Park, there’s a haven for herds of wildlife in eastern Idaho’s high country. It’s a moisture-rich refuge in early summer when meadows are free…
