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December 2020-January 2021

Read all the compelling stories in the new issue of National Wildlife!

Lisa Moore, Editorial Director
National Wildlife
Dec 01, 2020

On the cover: Peeking out from behind a tree in a lush Romanian forest, a European brown bear trips a remote camera trap, its flash briefly lighting up the night. Photographer Bernhard Schubert—who won an honorable mention for this image—uses camera traps to study bear behavior as unobtrusively as possible.

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At last light, a flock of trumpeters flew in to roost, the last bird in line wearing a red telemetry collar.

Return of the Swans

Text and Photographs by Michael Forsberg
Conservation
December 1, 2020

Trumpeter swans thrive again in the Nebraska Sandhills, a fine but fragile conservation victory.

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A landscape of yellow flowers and mountains in Badlands National Park, South Dakota.

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Conservation
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Now is the time to seize the opportunity for action.

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