This story appears in the January 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. “I identify the victims of wildlife crime—if the victim is a bird.” That’s how forensic ornithologist Pepper ...

I’m still not much of a bird-watcher, but I can tell you with confidence—that hike was worth it. National Geographic wildlife crime reporter Rachael Bale wrote about illegal fishing in the ...

This story appears in the August 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine ... its tubular body and head punctuated by fake axillary buds and leaf scars—the little knobs and notches that ...

This story appears in the January 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... who’s an avid wildlife photographer, observed the birds’ behavior in 2014 in Amsterdam, where she lives.

This story appears in the January 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Franklin called the eagle “a Bird of bad moral Character” that steals fish other birds have caught.