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April-May 2021

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

  • Lisa Moore, Editorial Director
  • National Wildlife
  • Apr 01, 2021

On the cover: In South Carolina, a native eastern carpenter bee sips nectar from the blossom of a wild blueberry bush. Photograph by Clay Bolt

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Latest Issue

A spread of the "Homegrown for Good Opener" featuring a squash bee on a bloom.

Homegrown for Good

Growing food organically—at home or in community gardens—can benefit wildlife, the environment and neighborhoods in need of healthful food and connection to nature.
A spread of the "When Pest Comes to Shove" opener featuring a mosquito, a man spraying for mosquitos and a butterfly.

When Pest Comes to Shove

Mosquito spraying harms pollinators and other wildlife—but there are safe alternatives.
A spread of the opener of "Empty Lots ... of Opportunity" featuring a mural of Ed Bradley.

Empty Lots ... of Opportunity

Communities are turning unused land into green havens that nurture both wildlife and people.
A spread of the "Too Much Wiggle Room" opener featuring a worm and trillium plant

Too Much Wiggle Room

Invasive earthworms are spreading across the planet—transforming soils, gardens, forests and entire ecosystems in ways that may make you squirm.
A red pine grosbeak on a branch with berries.

Online Exclusive: A “Superflight” of Finches—and Finch Fans

From New England and New Mexico to Florida and even Bermuda, photographers, birdwatchers and scientists are thrilled by these rare winter visitors from northern boreal forests.
The Links’ National President, Dr. Kimberly Jeffries Leonard, helping 4th grade students at St. Mary’s Preparatory School outside Montego Bay, Jamaica, plant The LInks’ first certified Garden for Wildlife.

New Path Toward Growth

Innovative partnership teaches science by gardening for wildlife.
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A group of women look at potted flowers.

Seeds of Recovery

Horticultural therapists cultivate the curative power of gardening.
A Hoverfly on purple Spiderwort.

Capturing Nature’s Magic

Winners of the 2020 Garden for Wildlife photo contest reveal living gems.
A composite of three photos of a molting arctic fox.

Nature's Witness: Blown Away

A molting Arctic fox reveals a bit of nature's magic.

A monarch butterfly on milkweed

President's View: Enlisting Gardeners to Plant for Monarchs

A mighty effort to protect our monarch butterflies
Collin O’Mara and family with Ranger Rick.

La Visión del Presidente: Esperanza Renovada Para Un Nuevo Año

Fomentando ecosistemas y comunidades más saludables donde la vida silvestre y las personas puedan prosperar.
A red fox in a garden

News of the Wild

An abundance of suburban wildlife, mowing milkweed for monarchs and glowing platypuses
Children in the woods walking on a log

Working for Wildlife

Read the latest updates from the National Wildlife Federation
A gold dust day gecko at the Dole Plantation on Hawaii.

Shared Moment: Sneaking a Peek

A "cute" critter to some and a nuisance to others, this invasive gecko outcompetes some native Hawaiian species.
Backyard pollinator garden

Editor's Note

Becoming a Believer
Magazine spread including an argus pheasant in a courtship display.

Nature's Witness

National Wildlife’s 2020 Photo Contest Winners
A charging brown bear in Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska.

Honorable Mentions

National Wildlife’s 2020 Photo Contest

2020 Impact Report - woman in canoe

2020 NWF Impact Report

Together for Tomorrow: Embracing Nature and Equity
A hoary squash bee on a yellow squash flower

Homegrown for Good

  • Jessica Snyder Sachs
  • Conservation
  • April 1, 2021

Growing food organically—at home or in community gardens—can benefit wildlife, the environment and n...

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A mosquito visiting a flower.

When Pest Comes to Shove

  • Doreen Cubie
  • Conservation
  • April 1, 2021

Mosquito spraying harms pollinators and other wildlife—but there are safe alternatives.

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A mural in Philadelphia featuring Ed Bradley

Empty Lots ... of Opportunity

  • Janet Marinelli
  • Conservation
  • April 1, 2021

Communities are turning unused land into green havens that nurture both wildlife and people.

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A red fox in a garden

News of the Wild

  • Mark Wexler
  • Animals
  • April 1, 2021

An abundance of suburban wildlife, mowing milkweed for monarchs and glowing platypuses

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Eagles at their nest on an electric transmission tower in Somerset County, NJ.

A Shocking Toll

  • JoAnn Greco
  • Wildlife Conservation
  • February 1, 2021

Saving eagles from the lethal hazards of power line electrocution

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Blue Tit and Great Tit adults, flock feeding at snow covered birdfeeders in woodland, Brentwood, Essex, England

News of the Wild

  • Mark Wexler
  • Conservation
  • February 1, 2021

Female birds benefit from winter feeding, squids send light signals and beavers affect permafrost

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A group of women look at potted flowers.

Seeds of Recovery

  • Mark Wexler
  • Nature and Health
  • April 1, 2021

Horticultural therapists cultivate the curative power of gardening.

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Male American robin feeding on Winterberry in New York

Better Berries for Birds

  • Doreen Cubie
  • Garden for Wildlife
  • February 1, 2021

Native species provide a wealth of the fats and nutrients birds need.

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A photographer captures a sunlit landscape in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada.

Nature's Witness

  • Lisa Moore
  • PhotoZone
  • December 1, 2020

An Invitation: Join our global family of photographers, travelers, storytellers and stewards of the ...

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A Hoverfly on purple Spiderwort.

Capturing Nature’s Magic

  • Lisa Moore
  • Garden Photography
  • April 1, 2021

Winners of the 2020 Garden for Wildlife photo contest reveal living gems.

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A composite of three photos of a molting arctic fox.

Nature's Witness: Blown Away

  • Photography by Kevin Morgans
  • PhotoZone
  • April 1, 2021

A molting Arctic fox reveals a bit of nature's magic.

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A baby opossum in a rhododendron

Shared Moment: Just Too Cute

  • Photograph by Debra Milne
  • PhotoZone
  • April 1, 2021

Which is more charming—the bloom or the baby opossum?

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