List of Animals articles
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A grid of book covers for 11 summer fiction releases. The Novels We’re Reading in August
The dog days of summer, from an 18th-century English village to modern-day Tbilisi.
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A giant panda's tongue hangs out while eating. The Expedition That Launched a Century of Panda-Mania
A new book details how the United States helped create a truly political animal.
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Four elephants cross a dusty road. Shooting an Elephant in Botswana
Trophy hunting is uncomfortable for some in the West but a lifeline for many locals.
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A small line of reindeer seen from above crossing a showy landscape. Trees in the background. In Sweden, Clean Energy Is Coming for the Reindeer
Green transition infrastructure threatens the Sami people’s way of life in Europe’s far north.
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This undated photo shows a rat in the a Are Rats Actually That Bad?
The rodent’s reputation, revamped.
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A lone wolf faces the camera appearing to snarl on a dry winter field on the edge of the forest in Hukkajarvi, eastern Finland. Who’s Afraid of Europe’s Big, Bad Wolves?
Conservationists face off against farmers in a familiar man-versus-nature conflict.
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Giant panda Xiao Qi Ji enjoys an ice cake to celebrate his third birthday at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington. The Panda Party’s Almost Over
Three of Washington’s most beloved residents are heading back home, ending an era amid frostiness in U.S.-China relations.
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Elephants graze at Kimana Sanctuary. The Brewing Battle Over Africa’s Ivory
Many countries in southern Africa want to unload big stockpiles of ivory to fund conservation, even though the trade is banned.
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Syeda Lameeya Parween and her partner, Naina, play with their cats at their house in New Delhi on Feb. 21. LGBTQI Muslims in India Find Solace in Their Pets
“The first living being to know that I am a gay was my pet parakeet.”
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After waiting for hours, Nazir Ahmad Kondoo rows his boat toward other fishermen on Anchar Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on Feb. 16. Photos by Shefali Rafiq for Foreign Policy The Last Fishermen of Kashmir
Once teeming lakes are fast disappearing and with them, a lucrative career for tens of thousands of people in the region.
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A woman looks at a newly formed crack in a walkway after a storm in Bargny, a fishing village in Senegal, on Sept. 18, 2020. In West Africa, Climate Change Equals Conflict
The region is the poster child for insecurities already brought on by global warming.
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A picture taken on June 6, 2018, shows a fish farm in the Sorvagsfjorour fjord on Vagar island, one of the Faroe Islands. Forget Greenland, There’s a New Strategic Gateway to the Arctic
The Faroe Islands have a history of trading with everyone who will buy their fish. With growing tensions in the Arctic region, the islands are now receiving more attention from superpowers.
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The cover of the 1961 comic book 'Yogi Bear Visits the U.N.' Yogi Bear’s Oddly Familiar Struggle for U.N. Recognition
The ursine rogue’s adventure at the United Nations captures the institution’s problems—and hopes.
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A humpback whale spyhops off Rockaway Beach in New York City with the Empire State Building in the background on Sept. 23, 2013. Take a Breath, Thank a Whale
Like the Amazon rainforest, the planet’s whales play crucial roles as carbon captors. That’s just one reason to save them.
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HP_rat_patrol_lead_Alberta_Canada How Alberta Won the Rat Race
One Canadian province has virtually eliminated its vermin—and shows how others can too.
