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August 28, 2012 — On Cape Hatteras National Seashore, a revolutionary management plan is finally putting embattled sea turtles and birds on near-equal footing with ORV drivers. But powerful interests are working hard to undo it.

July 31, 2012 — The Interior Department has pledged to put wildlife before recreation in our national parks, but on a North Carolina national seashore, it’s letting off-road vehicles run amok, imperiling birds and people.

July 13, 2012 — Sweet summer treats; early retirement; world’s best web designer and world’s smallest owl; more.

July 03, 2012 — Conservationists have waged a 41-year battle to free “the sweetest water-lane in the world” by tearing down an unnecessary dam. Their efforts have seemed hopeless—until now.

June 15, 2012 — One tough little warbler; ten-inch terrors; a ticklish beetle; the march of avocets; sky-high sheep; and more. 

May 15, 2012 — The dark side of those wondrous wildlife photographs.

April 23, 2012 — America may be coming to grips with the dark side of our cheapest, most abundant energy source, but a plan to unload it on Asia threatens to poison our planet.

March 19, 2012 — A serious effort to save some of the earth’s oldest, largest, and most successful predators is finally under way. But it needs to move faster.

February 28, 2012 — Our cottontail; ode to a devil's urn; more. 

February 17, 2012 — Prairie dogs have been eliminated from more than 95 percent of their grassland habitat. And now they, and the vast and complicated ecosystems they sustain, face a new and deadly threat.