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Return of the Golden Fleece
By Tui De Roy
IN THE ANDES of Peru, curtains of steam rise from still-frozen ground where last night's snowfall lingers in crusty patches. Unperturbed by a chill wind, caramel brown vicuñas dot a sparse valley sandwiched between ice-clad peaks. Here, between 12,000 and 17,000 feet elevation, these distant relatives of Old World camels graze,...
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Lure of the Stink Cock
By Laura Williams
A Russian photographer pursues a smelly but majestic bird known as the hoopoe
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© NIKOLAI SHPILENOK
  
Return of the Golden Fleece
By Tui De Roy
Peru's elegant vicuñas thrive once again, but are they as wild as ever?
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© TUI DE ROI
  
Awash in a Rising Sea
By Curtis A. Moore
How global warming is overwhelming the islands of the tropical Pacific
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© BOB KRIST
  
One Tree at a Time
By Karen J. Coates
By cutting and selling old-growth wood for a fraction of its worth, Vietnam's Hmong may endanger their long-term survival
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© JERRY REDFERN
  
 
Oh, What a Nest!
By Don Boroughs
Africa's wily sociable weavers are masters of architecture and adaptation
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© DON BOROUGHS
 


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