Conservation
A Duet of Fish Owls
Part territorial call, part pair bond affirmation, their cries break the silence of a frozen Siberian landscape
Stories by Jonathan C. Slaght
Conservation
East of Siberia: Owls and the Meaning of April
Spring was always the annual end point for my work studying owls in Russia. This year the coronavirus ensured that the expedition would leave me behind
Conservation
East of Siberia: Goral on the Cliffs
They are highly secretive animals: stocky, goatlike creatures about the size of German shepherds
Conservation
East of Siberia: Heeding the Sign
Things had gone from one dead tiger to one live tiger, to one live tiger and one dead bear, all in the span of about 45 minutes
Conservation
East of Siberia: A Spoon-Billed Curiosity
Efforts to keep spoon-billed sandpipers from the yawning void of extinction have been nothing short of Herculean
Conservation
East of Siberia: The Fragility of Field Plans
Sometimes your truck makes it across the frozen river, and sometimes it doesn't
Conservation
A Cinderella Story for Global Tiger Day
A tigress named Zolushka helps establish a blueprint for the restoration of her species across Asia
Conservation
East of Siberia: An Undesirable Nest
The last thing you want to find in your mattress is a nest of wasps
Conservation
East of Siberia: Shadows of Wolves
A retired Russian biologist tells the tale of a long-ago encounter with a wild canine
Conservation
East of Siberia: A Long Walk Through Leopard Country
What happens when last-minute invitation to give a talk at a conference arrives when you're deep in the wilderness
Conservation
East of Siberia: A Tiger Conservationist in the Urban Jungle
To get vaccinated against tick-borne encephalitis, I need to leave the forest
Conservation
East of Siberia: By Chance, Food and Shelter
In the more remote corners of Primorye Province, I am vulnerable to the whims of the road and dependent on the kindness of strangers
Conservation
East of Siberia: Arsenyev in the Land
I feel the presence of the pioneering Russian topographer Vladimir Arsenyev everywhere I go in Primorye
Conservation
East of Siberia: Tigers and the Art of Persuasion
A Scottish veterinarian recounts an uncomfortably close encounter with a very big cat
Conservation
East of Siberia: An Osprey, Until It Wasn't
A wounded bird survives a broken wing—and then survives the well-meaning ministrations of humans
Conservation
East of Siberia: Walking Rivers with Tigers
I'm convinced one was watching us from the cover of fallen log and concealing branch as we hiked
Conservation
East of Siberia: Where There Is No Tractor
No matter how prepared I think I am, nature will find a way to knock me down a peg
Environment
East of Siberia: A Kettle of Firewood
For a hunter living in a small coastal village, a horrific flood was just business as usual
Environment
East of Siberia: Clean Water and Healthy Living
A conservation biologist goes on the prowl looking for owls, tigers and other creatures
