National Geographic Magazine - UK

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WHAT’S COMING

Preventing a world without coffee

Saving Animals by Telling Their Stories

FRAGILE LIFE IN FRESHWATER • Glimpses of the endangered world that lies below the surface in rivers, creeks, and lakes

THE BACKSTORY • FRESHWATER IS LESS THAN 3 PERCENT OF EARTH’S WATER, BUT IT IS HOME TO ALMOST HALF OF ALL FISH SPECIES.

Cat vs. Bird: The Battle Lines • CATS ARE KILLING BILLIONS OF BIRDS. TO SAVE BIRDS, SHOULD WE KILL OFF CATS? A FAN OF BOTH ANIMALS SEEKS A BETTER SOLUTION.

Cat proliferation, by the numbers

Death Toll

LARGEST BEE FILMED IN WILD

BACK FROM THE BRINK • These five animal species once faced extinction, but their populations are bouncing back—thanks to intensive conservation efforts.

TO WARD OFF EXTINCTIONS, SCIENTISTS GET CREATIVE

FOR THIS SPECIES, PROTECTION IS TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE

UNTANGLING WHALES

WEAKENING LIFE’S GREEN FOUNDATION • Plants anchor our planet’s ecosystems but hundreds have gone extinct—with unclear consequences.

Staving Off Loss, a Plant at a Time

Lessons From the Last of His Kind • THE LAST MALE NORTHERN WHITE RHINOCEROS TAUGHT A PHOTOGRAPHER THAT WE CANNOT IGNORE OUR CONNECTIONS TO NATURE—OR TO EACH OTHER.

VANISHING • WHAT WE LOSE WHEN ANIMALS GO EXTINCT

SURVIVING, DESPITE US • SEA TURTLES HAVE ROAMED THE OCEANS FOR 100 MILLION YEARS, BUT WE ARE PUTTING THESE RESILIENT REPTILES AT RISK.

GIRAFFES • THE MYSTERIOUS GIANTS FACE INCREASING THREATS IN AFRICA. RELOCATING ANIMALS COULD HELP SAVE SOME SPECIES—BUT POSES NEW RISKS.

GIRAFFES IN DANGER • Some 110,000 giraffes roam throughout Africa, down from a million in the 1700s. Scientists had long believed that all giraffes belonged to a single species, but new DNA research has identified four distinct species. Top threats to giraffes include habitat fragmentation, deforestation, war, and poaching.

ANATOMY OF A GIANT • At 14 to 19 feet tall, giraffes tower over the entire animal kingdom. But their iconic height, which evolved over seven million years, requires unique features to regulate blood flow, mitigate the effects of gravity on muscles and bones, and heat and cool their massive bodies.

WHERE FISH ARE STUCK IN TIME • A LOUISIANA BIOLOGIST’S HUGE—AND CREEPY—COLLECTION OF AQUATIC LIFE SHOWS HOW HUMANS HAVE PUSHED SOME SPECIES TOWARD EXTINCTION.

THE DINOSAUR IN THE ROOM • FOSSILS OF LONG-EXTINCT CREATURES AREN’T JUST FOR MUSEUMS. TODAY THEY’RE IN HOMES AND BUSINESSES, AS WEALTHY COLLECTORS INDULGE A CONTROVERSIAL HOBBY.

NISTAR PS • PHOTOS FROM OUR COMMUNITY