Inside Volume 3

• A peek inside an owl-nesting box with a volunteer for The Hungry Owl Project
• A rare encounter with a wild wolverine in the Sierras
• How digital photography is helping researchers identify and track giraffe by their unique spot patterns
• A birding field trip to a post-fire snag forest with a naturalist for the John Muir Project
• A photo documentary of the spectacular phenomena of animal masses
• From Alaska, a report on the state’s extreme efforts to protect wild salmon
• The author of field guides challenges us to re-imagine the language we use to describe the natural world
• Frogs in Ecuador’s cloud forest inspire a scientific investigation into human-nature relationships
• An interview with a documentary filmmaker about the heroic efforts being made to save a small porpoise from extinction
• An essay about our need for wilderness with images of what we’re losing in Central Appalachia
• An illustrated Field Guide to the Joshua tree