Five cheetah cubs born at the Smithsonian’s Virginia campus give one family four generations
First-time mother Zura's litter arrived on October 5 in Front Royal and is streaming on a 24-hour den camera, since the cubs will not go on public view.
Conservation
Wollemi pine: 32 years after a canyon find near Sydney, 46 adult trees survive in the wild
Found by an off-duty parks officer in 1994, the tree was saved from the 2019–20 fires by crews winched into its gorge. Canberra's national botanic garden is now collecting backyard specimens.
From clearing landmines to guarding a forest: Angelina Jolie’s two decades in Cambodia
A project Jolie started in 2003 now helps protect nearly 61,000 hectares of forest, using locally trained rangers to fight poaching and illegal logging.