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Discovered in 2009 but only named in 2021, this Bornean bush frog (Philautus nepenthophilus, left) appears to live and lay its eggs in a single species of pitcher plant in the montane forest of Mount Murud in Sarawak, Malaysia. FEATURES Growing up in California, Chien Lee always felt deeply connected to nature. "People don't realize that an average of almost 20,000 new species are being discovered each year around the world, most of them in the tropics", says Lee, who has witnessed many such discoveries in Borneo. [Extracted from the article]

YOUNG NATURE PHOTOGRAPHERS FIRST PLACE Addie Leimroth Tucson, Arizona Walking through the Arizona desert at night with a flashlight, looking for snakes to photograph, Addie Leimroth saw a gleaming shape in the distance. FEATURES NATURE'S WITNESS As the world has reeled in the grip of a pandemic, many of us have discovered new ways of living, seeing the planet and engaging with nature. PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR). [Extracted from the article]

BIRDS FIRST PLACE Ron Magill Miami, Florida Like a costumed contortionist, a male Argus pheasant curls his ornate feathers into a cone, then peeks through the opening to impress a would-be mate. MAMMALS SECOND PLACE Patricia Hennessy Albany, New York Luck graced Patricia Hennessy on the first day of her first trip to Africa. PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR) PHOTO (COLOR). [Extracted from the article]

Nature's witness Late-day summer sun streams through crystalline waters as a bonnethead shark glides past a seagrass meadow in the Florida Keys. The photo is part of a larger story Gross is documenting about global seagrass beds, vital habitat for many ocean creatures. Fascinated by 2018 research finding that bonnetheads were the first known omnivorous shark - grazing on and obtaining nutrients from seagrass - Gross aspired to capture that unique behavior. [Extracted from the article]

"We're trying to right historical wrongs", says Scott Gilmore, a DPR manager who helped negotiate the agreement, which he hopes will add meaning to the city's land acknowledgment honoring area Indigenous inhabitants. Community connection Snow fell gently on a reverent crowd of Cheyenne and Arapaho People and others gathered in Denver's Genesee Park last March for a ceremony that signaled the healing of historic wrongs - a healing long overdue. Denver Parks and Recreation (DPR) manages two herds of bison - known as buffalo to Native Americans. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on several facts related to mammals and photographs of the same from the National Wildlife photography contests. It mentions bison, pronghorn, moose, mountain lion are mammals that need large areas of land to roam so they can search for food, water, cover and mates. It also mentions photograph of two potent predators engaged in deadly battle when a jaguar attacks a caiman in the Piquirí River of western Brazil.

Innovative researchers are boosting populations of animals such as prothonotary warblers (p. 34) and Delmarva fox squirrels (p. 50). Flower farmers like Dee Hall (p. 14) are engaging new growers in producing beautiful blooms. Landowners like Herbert Hodges (p. 12) are teaching how to manage dwindling longleaf pine habitat to sustain hundreds of species. [Extracted from the article]

I'll be forever grateful for the opportunity I've had serving you, working with our amazing staff and freelancers and celebrating the incredibly important conservation and environmental justice work of the National Wildlife Federation. We're delighted to bring you this more elegant presentation of articles and photographs, and we appreciate the overwhelmingly positive feedback we received from many of you in response to my previous note announcing these changes. We hope you'll also explore the eye-popping winners of our 2022 photo contest (p. 16), learn about threats to horseshoe crabs (p. 48) and enjoy new features such as Community Connection (p. 14), Next Generation (p. 57) and Footprint (p. 58), where we will feature art that celebrates wildlife and connecting with nature. [Extracted from the article]

Because we are eliminating ads and increasing our page count, you will be receiving the same amount of editorial content - compelling articles and gorgeous photography - in a more appealing package. Frankly, the economics of the ad program no longer make sense, and the clutter of ads has always bothered me, as has featuring products that have nothing to do with the National Wildlife Federation's conservation mission. Many of you, our loyal readers, have written to me expressing concern about the look or content of some of our ads, which typically have filled about 12 of the 52 pages in each issue - almost 25 percent!. [Extracted from the article]

Record Heat - and Reason to Hope The cover story in this issue continues that tradition by taking a clear-eyed look at the record drought, heat and fire devastating much of the U.S. West, with dire consequences for people and wildlife (page 22). Some of our readers have said they come to these pages for relief from the day's news. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the efforts made by the wildlife photographer Steve Winter to promote and conserve wild cats. Topics discussed include his trekking to India's Hemis National Park to capture snow leopards, photographs of a leaping jaguar, cheetah cubs and a bobcat in Los Angeles freeway, and a Hollywood cougar, and his views on the initiatives of Panthera, a wild cat conservation group.

EDITOR'S NOTE Our archive of articles from the past 60 years makes it clear that coverage of water - from freshwater lakes and marine sanctuaries to vernal pools, wetlands and fishing streams - has long been a passion of National Wildlife® magazine. So from its very beginning in 1962, this magazine has been celebrating water's life-giving gifts, holding government to account for protecting our nation's waters and urging individuals to do their part to keep our waters clean and flowing. Our article on the Great Lakes (page 24) celebrates lake water improvements due to the act but cautions about emerging challenges from invasive species, climate change, "forever chemicals" and other ills. [Extracted from the article]

DEPARTMENTS EQUITY AND JUSTICE During the National Wildlife Federation's virtual annual meeting last June, award-winning environmental author and activist Terry Tempest Williams shared heartfelt thoughts about the need for America's conservation movement to become more equitable and inclusive. In support of the Bears Ears InterTribal Coalition, Williams wrote in opposition to the 2017 federal plan to slash the size of the monument by 85 percent and joined thousands at a protest in Salt Lake City opposing the plan. A Utah native, author Terry Tempest Williams (above) promotes protection of public lands, especially in Utah's red rock country (left), sacred to Native American peoples. [Extracted from the article]

While native plants benefit pollinators and other wildlife, the gift of gardening goes both ways, offering peace and joy to the gardeners (page 36). EDITOR'S NOTE "In some Native languages the term for plants translates to 'those who take care of us.'" So writes Robin Wall Kimmerer in her book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. A mother, member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, botanist and environmental biology professor, Kimmerer is renowned for her deeply personal wisdom about the human connection to Earth. [Extracted from the article]

Email me a photo of yourself with a favorite issue or tell me about an article that inspired you to help wildlife. Both practical and whimsical, that issue had articles about the beauty of backyard wildlife and how to feed birds and protect public lands. EDITOR'S NOTE Six decades ago, in 1962, the National Wildlife Federation rolled out its first issue of National Wildlife® magazine, giving nature a powerful new voice. [Extracted from the article]

FEATURES In 2021, National Wildlife® magazine will launch its 50th annual photo contest - a milestone we'll honor by unrolling our new Nature's Witness™ initiative. We highlighted both through our first "Nature's Witness" photography exhibit, which ran from late 2019 through 2020 in Washington, D.C. In the days ahead - through new exhibits, books, videos, panel discussions, workshops, livestream events and more - we hope to harness the power of photography to help inform scientific understanding of wildlife at risk and to inspire NWF members, supporters and others to care and to act on behalf of conservation. Lisa Moore PHOTO (COLOR): Enthralled by late-day light, Israel Cruces Fernandez photographs Squa-mish, British Columbia, near the Stawamus Chief, a regal granite dome. [Extracted from the article]

DEPARTMENTS With a lifelong love of the ocean, Japan-based photographer Tony Wu devotes his time to documenting marine creatures - and behaviors that are rarely seen. Wu's guide, Morishitasan, who has studied the animals for years, helped Wu pinpoint a time last June, during the fish's breeding season, to document courtship, mating and birth. Diving between midnight and 8 a.m., when Korean seahorses are most active, Wu marveled at their complex mating rituals. [Extracted from the article]

Perhaps curl up with a cup of tea and take time to absorb the images, which reveal the warmth, power and fragile beauty of the wildlife and wild lands we all hope to protect. The cell phone in your pocket can also make memorable - and superb - images if you learn a few tips (page 14). When one photographer was stuck at home during the lockdown, he set up camera traps to capture portraits of the wild visitors to his yard (page 40). [Extracted from the article]

When we plow up tallgrass prairie, we release carbon and destroy wildlife habitat (page 22), but we're learning how to minimize our harm to that glorious sea of grass. Now a distinguished professor at Texas Southern University, Bullard succinctly captured the essence of conservation: All living beings are dependent on each other. At an awards ceremony a few years ago, Robert Bullard - widely considered the father of environmental justice - said, "When you don't protect the least in your society, you place everybody at risk.". [Extracted from the article]

This issue offers a special celebration of the work of one conservation photographer, Suzi Eszterhas, who has devoted her 20-year career to documenting baby animals in the wild (page 32). Those of you who are birders may get a special kick out of our story about "spark birds" (page 28), the bird species that first inspired people to become birders. EDITOR'S NOTE Any of you who have been loyal readers for years - and those of you who have recently joined us - undoubtedly see how we treasure wildlife and nature photography for its power to enchant, educate and inspire. [Extracted from the article]

With every issue of this magazine, we hope our readers will find at least one article that draws them in, whether through gorgeous photographs, compelling science or new perspectives that inspire wonder - perhaps even pain. NWF Humans are sometimes less loving when it comes to our own species, as our nation's current racial reckoning makes clear. Mothers aren't supposed to have favorites, but I confess a special fondness for this issue's article about animal altruism (page 30) because of what I learned and felt. [Extracted from the article]

More than 430 photographers took that time last year, submitting nearly 4,300 images to the National Wildlife Federation's Garden for Wildlife™ photo contest, which celebrates the ordinary glories of wildlife nurtured by native plants. To attract wildlife to his yard, Moore filled it with native plants, then began teaching his two young children about the visitors those plants sustain. GRAND PRIZE One May morning in Nebraska, biology professor Tyler Moore was photographing a spiderwort bloom in his yard when a hoverfly swooped in for a snack - and earned Moore the grand prize. [Extracted from the article]

And horticultural therapy programs are improving the health of people ranging from folks in assisted living to prisoners to people with disabilities (page 14). In this, our annual Garden for Wildlife issue, we celebrate how food gardens can nourish not only people but a host of native bird and insect species (page 22). EDITOR'S NOTE As I write this note to you, snow blankets the ground outside my window, and hungry cardinals, sparrows and chickadees munch seed from my feeders. [Extracted from the article]

Such zoonotic disease outbreaks are becoming more frequent as burgeoning human populations encroach on wildlife habitat, a reality that may spur greater conservation action. We also explore how the pandemic-related slowdown in human activity - what some call the "anthropause" - has impacted wildlife (page 30), benefiting species such as orcas and some nesting sea turtles but also, in a few locations, increasing poaching and reducing vital income from ecotourism. In honor of winter, we offer a glimpse at how wildlife species live under - and need - the snow (page 38). [Extracted from the article]

The health and well-being of your communities is the measure of our success as a nation. I'm particularly eager to welcome 2021 because it marks the launch of National Wildlife® magazine's 50th annual photo contest and our new Nature's Witness™ initiative (page 20). We are proud to showcase this goal by publishing the winners of our 2020 photo contest (page 22) as well as the work of conservation photographers such as Melissa Groo (page 12), Tony Wu (page 16), Michael Forsberg (page 36) and Suzi Eszterhas (page 42). [Extracted from the article]

While planning this issue about Earth's biodiversity crisis, I thought of the phrase, "It's time to face the music" - a saying one source defines as "owning up to the responsibility created by one's actions." But because it's pointless to present problems without solutions, we also explore how human efforts have led to remarkable comebacks for a host of species (page 32) such as Kirtland's warblers and humpback whales. Cavem's music reflects the harmony that every individual can create as we strive to transform a biodiversity crisis into a story of hope. [Extracted from the article]

DEPARTMENTS WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY Photographers sent more than 4,800 entries to the National Wildlife Federation's 2019 Garden for Wildlife™ photo contest, which invites images of animals that are thriving thanks to human efforts to provide food, water, cover and places for wildlife to raise young. PHOTO (COLOR): GRAND PRIZE: A male prothonotary warbler gets relief on a hot summer day by gulping water droplets from a mister that photographer Randy Streufert placed in his Virginia backyard to benefit birds. "Usually when they're stationary, they have their wings closed", says Arthur Hass, a self-described hobbyist who photographs wildlife near his Virginia home. [Extracted from the article]

Sometimes the wildlife conservation biz feels like one step forward, two steps back. Western monarch butterfly populations are on the brink, and the litany of dire warnings about climate change throbs like a migraine. Witness a crane couple raising the chick of a different species (page 20), see the fragile beauty of endangered plants (page 22), marvel at the magic of hummingbirds (page 28) and dragonflies (page 38) or celebrate how gardeners can take simple steps to help save wildlife (page 32). [Extracted from the article]

The vivid green heron adorning our cover symbolizes the beauty and fragility of the entire range of wildlife species that depend on the habitats in and around the Gulf of Mexico. Fortunately, the fate of much of the Gulf's wildlife today is becoming brighter thanks to herculean habitat restoration efforts by the National Wildlife Federation, its affiliates and many other conservation partners who rededicated themselves to saving the Gulf after the devastating Deep-water Horizon oil spill 10 years ago in April. We also celebrate restoration and recovery efforts that span the Gulf region from southern Texas to the Florida Bay. [Extracted from the article]

In this issue we're proud to bring you 15 inspiring photographs from our 2019 photo contest (page 20), a mixture of fire, ice, fur and wings that captures the wonder of nature. We also explore how wild-plant poaching is impacting habitats (page 34) and how hunters and anglers are helping reduce lead in the environment (page 40). So, like Reilly, you are the everyday heroes that ensure a hopeful future. [Extracted from the article]

In every issue of this magazine, we try to offer moments that give you pause - whether a surprising bit of new science, a riveting photograph, a wildlife struggle that sparks concern or a victory that ignites celebration. Discover that porcupines (page 30) have antibiotics on their barbed quills that help them heal from self-inflicted injury when they tumble out of trees. Fret over the fate of species such as bobcats and lynx that increasingly interbreed in our climate-changing world, forming hybrids that alter gene pools with unknown consequences (page 34). [Extracted from the article]

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses the articles in the issue on topics including efforts to keep invasive Asian carp out of the Great Lakes to make wind turbines safer for birds and bats; and climate impacts on blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay.

An introduction to the journal is presented in which the editor discusses various reports in the issue on the topics including personal liberty, debris from human consumption that exploits wildlife habitats and the engagement of the National Wildlife Federation to protect and expand wildlife.

An introduction is presented in which the author talks about the National Wildlife Federation's Garden for Wildlife program, gardening for the benefit of wildlife, and replacing a traditional grass lawn with native moss.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various articles within the issue on topics including the ice algae under the Arctic seas as source of high-fat food, the edible vaccine to prevent plague, and whale health.

An introduction is presented in which the author discusses various reports within the issue on topics including studies on how birds are adapting climate change, how arts from ocean plastics inspired communities to conserve, and the winners of the photo contest.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, use of aggression by some male animals to dominate or intimidate female animals, and backyard bats.

An introduction to the journal is presented in which the editor discusses various reports published within the issue on topics including habitat destruction, how insects survive long migrations, and wildlife on the urban shores of Washington D.C.'s, Anacostia River.

An introduction is presented in which editor discusses various articles within the issue on topics including hungry hummingbirds, magic of wildlife camouflage and value of wildlife hedgerows.

The article focuses on the passage of Recovering America's Wildlife Act that would provide annual funding that states need to address some species of greatest conservation need, from freshwater fish and mussels to songbirds, bats, bees and butterflies. It mentions funding come from pool of revenue the government receives from energy and mineral leases on federal lands and waters. It presents views of Collin O'Mara, president at National Wildlife Federation (NWF), on the wildlife.

The article reports on how Terry Patton, principal at Franklin Square Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore, Maryland has supported wildlife gardening. It mentions that the National Wildlife Federation helped the school put in a pollinator garden to teach students about nature while providing habitat for bees, butterflies and other creatures under the Schoolyard Habitats Program. It also mentions that students remove trash from the thriving garden, which attracted bees and grasshoppers.

The article informs about California-based 12-year-old girl Genevieve Leroux, who made efforts to help pollinators grow in order to provide habitat for butterflies. It reveals that Leroux created a butterfly garden using milkweed seeds received under the National Wildlife Federation's Butterfly Heroes program. It further mentions that she began work with a local nursery and seed farm and she began cultivating native milkweed and giving seedlings to friends and family.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics related to wildlife including the U.S. National Wildlife Federation's Garden for Wildlife program; practical advice on attracting moths; and how to coexist with red foxes.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses several reports within the issue including legacy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), about animals in mourning and how dogs aid conservation.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including keeping domestic cats indoors to save bird species, killing of wolves to save declining mountain caribou and if urban egret and heron rookery should be destroyed.