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The issue features striking wildlife photos highlighting endangered species and fragile ecosystems. Some photos also show once-endangered species bouncing back thanks to conservation efforts. National ...

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Many know Tony Campbell as the behind-the-scenes creative services director at Indiana State University, where he oversees photography and video of ISU events and people. But in his personal time, ...

Rob the Ranger highlights iconic Maasai Mara wildlife featuring lions, cheetahs, and elephants.

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This story originally published in the September 2008 issue of National Geographic magazine. See more digitized stories from our archives here. The biologist Iain Douglas-Hamilton is walking up on an ...

The tires crunched over the red earth as we approached Akagera National Park, and the instant smell of wet grass and dust brought a childhood memory. I was back in Primary Six, thinking of the class ...

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