LB editor Tim Gallagher joins Peru expert John O'Neill to search for highland rarities. Along the way they revisit the graduate-school stamping grounds of Lab director John Fitzpatrick
A Common Loon mother and child tumble, duck, stretch their wings, and snack on dragonfly larvae in Marie Read's lush photoessay
Every year, Black Oystercatchers dodge high tides and wolverines to raise their young in Kenai Fjords, Alaska. Are campers going to be their next worry? Charles Eldermire reports
Flying Field
The continuing appeal of southeastern Arizona
In the Field
The puzzle of bilingual chickadees
Catbird Seat
Six avenues to really, really needing a new pair