Habitat
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Few people-even those who have them on their land-know what a playa is. But even as their importance to birds becomes better known, these enigmatic ephemeral wetlands are disappearing fast.
By T. Edward Nickens/Photography by Brent Humphreys
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Photo Essay
Life: A Journey Through Time
In his new book, an acclaimed photographer uses spectacular images from the present to describe the earth's evolutionary past.
By Frans Lanting
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Aviation
Eye in the Sky
They’re fixtures in our urban skies, but blimps can be more than floating billboards. Fuji’s blimp, by providing a unique perspective, has aided an effort to build a secure future for the wading birds of New York City.
By Jennifer Bogo/Photography by Eugene Richards
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Destinations
Beauty & the Bomb
For years much of this lovely little extension of Puerto Rico was off-limits to all but the U.S. military. Now, with the Navy gone, nature—white-sand beaches, mangrove-rimmed lagoons, and a bioluminescent bay—is restaking its claim to Isla de Vieques.
By Christopher R. Cox/Photography by Francesco Lagnese
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