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Lure of the Stink Cock
By Laura Williams
SIX FEATHERY REAR ENDS aim out of a nest in an oak tree and directly at Russian photographer Nikolai Shpilenok, in an adjacent blind. Hurriedly, Shpilenok slides a small pane of glass into a wire clip in front of his face and camera lens. Within seconds, a slew of simultaneous squirts coats the glass in a stinky secretion....
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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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Photo:
© 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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Photo:
© 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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Photo:
© 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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Photo:
© 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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