National Wildlife Magazine
The front cover of National Wildlife's Summer issue containing text and an image of a red fox in misty woodland.

Fall 2024 Issue

  • NWF Staff
  • National Wildlife
  • Sep 26, 2024

The only obvious thing about the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is its name. But with the aid of eDNA, scientists can locate this and other notoriously elusive species more easily. Also in this issue: monarchs and Mexico’s Day of the Dead; behind the scenes of the documentary “A Buffalo Story”; another reason to worry about Burmese pythons; and how wildlife managers are creating a desert oasis for sandhill cranes. (Photo by Klaus Echle, Nature Picture Library.)

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Following the Trail of eDNA

  • By Peter Andrey Smith
  • Conservation
  • September 26, 2024

Environmental DNA, or eDNA, is helping scientists locate elusive wildlife—from rare and endangered s...

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Maintaining a Sandhill Crane Oasis in the Desert

  • By Allison Torres Burtka
  • Conservation
  • September 26, 2024

In a New Mexico desert transformed by human activity, wildlife managers create the seasonal wetlands...

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A Monarch Migration Timed to Mexico’s Day of the Dead

  • By Christin Parcerisa // Photos by Jaime Rojo
  • Conservation
  • September 26, 2024

In Mexico, where monarchs end their migration around Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, the but...

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Another Reason to Worry About Burmese Pythons? This Parasite.

  • By Stephenie Livingston
  • Wildlife Science
  • September 26, 2024

As scientists try to manage invasive Burmese pythons in Florida’s Everglades, an additional biologic...

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New in Wildlife Science: Fluorescent Mammals & Penguin Power Naps

  • By Mark Wexler
  • Wildlife Science
  • September 26, 2024

Mammals: even more fluorescent than we thought; how chinstrap penguins power nap to protect nests; ...

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Crossword: Group Work

  • By Graham Meyer
  • Crossword
  • September 26, 2024

Q: What do you call a group effort? A: Our fall crossword spotlighting collective nouns for animals....

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Want to Nurture Wildlife? Plant a Native Oak.

  • By Doreen Cubie
  • Habitat Gardening
  • September 26, 2024

Fall is the time to a plant a native oak tree that will benefit thousands of wildlife species for th...

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Reinventing the American Lawn

  • By Janet Marinelli
  • Habitat Gardening
  • June 27, 2024

So long, turfgrass. Researchers are testing sustainable lawn alternatives that nurture bees, butterf...

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Corporate Landscaping Rolls Out the Wildlife Welcome Mat

  • By Brianna Randall
  • Habitat Gardening
  • March 28, 2024

When corporations rewild their landscaping, acres of lawn become greener, more wildlife-friendly and...

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Behind the Photo: A Wolverine Ode to Joy

  • By Delaney McPherson // Photo by Gretchen Kay Stuart
  • Wildlife Photos
  • September 26, 2024

How photographer Gretchen Kay Stuart snagged her frame of a wolverine mid-romp in Washington state

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Singing Double: A Neon Horizon from Artist Marie Watt

  • By Jennifer Wehunt // Art by Marie Watt
  • Conservation
  • September 26, 2024

Artist Marie Watt illuminates the link between Marvin Gaye and her neon work 'Shared Horizon (Keeper...

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Behind the Photo: A Brown Bear Sees Red

  • By Jennifer Wehunt // Photo by Kate and Adam Rice, KAR Photography
  • Wildlife Photos
  • June 27, 2024

How Kate and Adam Rice of KAR Photography snagged their prizewinning photo of a brown bear fishing—b...

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