Mammals

You Can Draw a Sea Lion

You Can Draw a Sea Lion

Mar 1, 2025

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Along the California coast, springtime rings with the bellows of massive bull sea lions savagely fighting each other for territories in which to assemble...

Caption This Raccoon

Caption This Raccoon

Mar 1, 2025

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive “HELP! I got between a rock and a hard place.” Photo © Keith Szafranski/iStockPhoto.com. We invite you to submit your caption for this photograph. The...

Winter Trails

Winter Trails

Jan 1, 2025

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Snowshoe hare in winter. Photo by Denali National Park and Preserve|CC-BY-2.0, detail. “I love fall, but I dread to think what is coming afterwards,” the...

You Can Draw a Hoary Marmot

You Can Draw a Hoary Marmot

Jan 1, 2025

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive The hoary marmot, a very large ground squirrel, gets it name from the frosted tips of its hair. While our well-known member of the marmot family, the...

Caption This Polar Bear

Caption This Polar Bear

Nov 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive "Finally, a rescue boat!" Photo © Dreamstime.com. We invite you to submit your caption for this photograph. The photograph will be used on the back of the...

Face to Face With Mountain Goats

Face to Face With Mountain Goats

Oct 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Mountain goat above Gunsight Lake, MT. Photo © Jenny Venturo. I was starting to get a little nervous. It was walking straight toward us, showing no sign...