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October-November 2018

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

Lisa Moore, Editorial Director
National Wildlife
Oct 01, 2018

Caught by a remote camera trap, a bobcat (left) prowls near a section of the U.S.–Mexico border wall in Texas. Credit: Joel Sartore (National Geographic Creative)

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Up Against a Wall Opening Spread, Javalinas up against a wall, Arizona.

Up Against a Wall

New barriers along the U.S.–Mexico border would threaten scores of unique plant and animal species.

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Breaking the Prairie Opening Spread, Farmlands encroaching on prairie potholes, North Dakota.

Breaking the Prairie

Wildlife habitat in the Prairie Pothole Region is falling to the plow as the United States expands production of corn and soybeans—much of it to help fill our gas tanks.

Power Play Opening spread, Chacma baboons, Male attacking a female

Power Play

Humans are hardly the only animals in which males use aggression—or its threat—to intimidate females.

NWF President and CEO Collin O’Mara promotes the use of sustainable biofuels, congressional hearing, June 2018.

President’s View: Rethinking Harmful Policies

Reforming the Renewable Fuel Standard and promoting better border solutions

A bowhead whale surfaces from a dive at the floe edge, Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, CANADA.

News of the Wild

Singing bowhead whales, declining urban trees and a spider with the fastest spin

Lesser long nosed bat drinking from Agave flower, Tucson, Arizona.

How to Make Backyard Bats Feel at Home

Provide food, water and roosting sites to help these important but beleaguered mammals.

Scanning electron micrograph of a male fungus gnat

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Buggy housemates are ubiquitous, diverse and here to stay.

Barred Owl, Derry New Hampshire.

Control Pests Without Collateral Damage

Rodenticides kill countless nontarget creatures, from wild cats to owls, but you can avoid the poisons.

Three bobcat kittens in a tree

Nature’s Witness: Triple Charm

Three bobcat kittens lounge in a treetop, waiting for mom.

Pelican in flight on a stormy afternoon, Clearwater Beach, FL.

Working for Wildlife

Read the latest updates from the National Wildlife Federation

Leafcutter Ant, Costa Rica

Shared Moment: Balancing Act

A leafcutter ant's tireless work

Photo Contest Winners opening spread carousel

Eye of the Beholder

National Wildlife's 2017 Photo Contest Winners

National Wildlife's 2017 Photo Contest Honorable Mentions

Our panel of judges selected these photos from more than 25,000 images as honorable mentions in this year’s contest.

Javalinas up against a wall, Arizona.

Up Against a Wall

Laura Tangley
Conservation
October 1, 2018

New barriers along the U.S.–Mexico border would threaten scores of unique plant and animal species.

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Farmlands encroaching on prairie potholes, North Dakota.

Breaking the Prairie

Paul Tolmé
Conservation
October 1, 2018

Wildlife habitat in the Prairie Pothole Region is falling to the plow as the United States expands p...

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Barred Owl, Derry New Hampshire

Control Pests Without Collateral Damage

Doreen Cubie
Conservation
October 1, 2018

Rodenticides kill countless nontarget creatures, from wild cats to owls, but you can avoid the poiso...

Read More

Chacma baboons, Male attacking a female

Power Play

Barry Yeoman
Animals
October 1, 2018

Humans are hardly the only animals in which males use aggression—or its threat—to intimidate females...

Read More

Carpet beetle, SEM

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Jennifer S. Holland
Science Sleuth
October 1, 2018

Buggy housemates are ubiquitous, diverse and here to stay.

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A bowhead whale surfaces from a dive at the floe edge, Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, CANADA.

News of the Wild

Mark Wexler
Animals
October 1, 2018

Singing bowhead whales, declining urban trees and a spider with the fastest spin

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Lesser long nosed bat drinking from Agave flower, Tucson, Arizona.

How to Make Backyard Bats Feel at Home

Janet Marinelli
Garden for Wildlife
October 1, 2018

Provide food, water and roosting sites to help these important but beleaguered mammals.

Read More

Eastern Rat Snake, Frederick, Maryland

Ssssssssssservice Animals

Lynne Warren
Garden for Wildlife
August 1, 2018

Snakes in your yard? They may be up to something unexpected—and helpful to plants

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Cedar waxwing eating serviceberry

Planting a “living fence”

Janet Marinelli
Garden For Wildlife
June 1, 2018

Wildlife hedges provide birds and other animals with food, cover and places to raise young

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Three bobcat kittens in a tree

Nature’s Witness: Triple Charm

Photograph by Karine Aigner
PhotoZone
October 1, 2018

Three bobcat kittens lounge in a treetop, waiting for mom.

Read More

Leafcutter Ant, Costa Rica

Shared Moment: Balancing Act

Photograph by Bence Máté
PhotoZone
October 1, 2018

A leafcutter ant's tireless work

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Great Blue Heron, Florida Everglades

Nature’s Witness: Into the Light

Photograph by Marc Harris
PhotoZone
August 1, 2018

A great blue heron gracefully glides through the Florida Everglades

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