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FROM the EDITOR • NATHAN LUMP

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IN FOCUS • JUST IN FROM OUR PHOTOGRAPHERS

AFRICA THE FIGHT FOR THE WILD

IN THE GORILLAS’ MIDST • TO KEEP UGANDA’S MOUNTAIN GORILLAS HEALTHY, GLADYS KALEMA-ZIKUSOKA IS STARTING WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS FIRST.

INSIDE AFRICA’S GREAT RHI NO RESCUE • WHEN A SOUTH AFRICAN ANIMAL SANCTUARY COLLAPSED, A HERD OF 2,000 WHITE RHINOS WAS SUDDENLY CAST INTO LIMBO—UNTIL A GROUP OF CONSERVATIONISTS HATCHED AN AUDACIOUS PLAN TO ATTEMPT ONE OF THE LARGEST ANIMAL RELOCATIONS EVER.

TINY CROCS, HUGE IMPACT • DEEP INSIDE THE CAVES OF GABON, MATT SHIRLEY DISCOVERED HOW THESE CRYPTIC CARNIVORES CONTINUE TO PUSH THE LIMITS OF ADAPTATION.

THE URGENT PLIGHT OF AFRICA’S VANISHING PANGOLINS • RELENTLESSLY HUNTED FOR ITS SCALES, A MYSTERIOUS ARMORED CREATURE IS AMONG THE MOST TRAFFICKED MAMMALS ON EARTH. NOW SCIENTISTS ARE TRYING TO UNLOCK THE SECRETS THAT COULD HELP SAVE IT.

PANGOLINS IN PERIL • Enduring beliefs about the medicinal benefits of pangolins’ scales have driven intense hunting and illegal trafficking of these creatures. At the same time, their biology and behavior make them among the most challenging mammals to rehabilitate in captivity.

FOR THE LOVE OF A BONE-EATING BIRD • WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BRING ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST VULTURES BACK FROM THE BRINK? SHANNON HOFFMAN IS SEARCHING CLIFFS, COLLECTING EGGS, AND RAISING CHICKS BY HAND TO FIND OUT.

BUILDING NASA’S MOON ROVER of the Future • The tricky task of creating the most specialized ATV in the solar system

THE HIDDEN TOLL OF EXTREME HEAT ON PREGNANCY • With global temperatures on the rise, researchers are suddenly confronting a newly urgent problem: the increasing risk to expectant mothers and their babies.

Heat Endangers Island Mothers • While extreme heat harms pregnant women worldwide—its impacts shaped by factors like wealth and race—island nations such as Palau are seeing the sharpest increases in pregnancy heat-risk days, which can dramatically elevate risks of hypertension, gestational diabetes, stillbirth, and preterm birth.

GLIMPSING NATURE’S Unseen Current • Scientists are discovering how tiny electrical charges guide bees, birds, and butterflies to pick the perfect flower.

THE RISE AND RISE AND RISE OF JELLY FISH • All over the globe, jellyfish are swarming the coasts in unprecedented numbers. In Thailand, which has long harvested edible jellies by the millions, the race is on to put the stinging drifters on more of the world’s plates.

From the VAULT • ARTIFACTS FROM THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES