Ice storms, tornadoes, floods, wildfires—all exact a high price, yet more and more people are living where disasters are most likely to strike. When the next disaster hits, how will you respond? By Michael Parfit. Photographs by Jim Richardson.
Thriving in warm water around the globe, the frogfish can change color, walk on its fins, and attract prey with wormlike “bait” that dangles from a spine on its head. Article and photographs by Fred Bavendam.
A clean and prosperous land with virtually no crime or poverty, the smallest country in Scandinavia is, according to American humorist Garrison Keillor, “the World’s Most Nearly Perfect Nation”—except in winter. Photographs by Sisse Brimberg.
New fossil discoveries from China reveal astonishing feathered creatures that lived more than 120 million years ago and appear to confirm what scientists have long theorized: Birds are dinosaurs. By Jennifer Ackerman. Photographs by O. Louis Mazzatenta. Art by Portia Rollings. Models by Brian Cooley.
A century ago tens of thousands of prospectors rafted its length, dreaming of gold. Today North America’s fifth largest river yields a mother lode of empty space to dreamers with an itch for challenge and elbowroom. By Michael Parfit. Photographs by Jay Dickman.
Four recently excavated Inca mummies found on Andean summits reveal more insights into the complex spiritual life of these ancient people. Article and photographs by Johan Reinhard.
Return to Mars; Orangutans in the Wild; New York’s Chinatown; Bottlenose Whales; The Dawn of Humans; Indonesia’s Plague of Fire; Titanic: Tragedy in Three Dimensions.
