1986 January – June

Secrets of the Giant Panda { Secrets of the Wild Panda}
Survivors in an ever diminishing habitat, China's living national treasures need protection. Zoologist George B. Schaller reports on an international project to save them.
Narwhals, Arctic Unicorns { Narwhals Duel in Arctic Seas; Narwhal: Unicorn of the Arctic Seas}
Flip Nicklin captures photographs of bizarre duels among these little- known denizens of northern seas, being studied by biologists John and Deborah Ford.
Britain's Pennine Way { On Britain's Pennine Way; Walking Britain's Pennine Way; To Scotland Afoot Along the Pennine Way}
David Yeadon walks the 270- mile trail from central England into Scotland. Photographs by Annie Griffiths.
Sam Houston, a Life Larger Than Legend { Sam Houston: A Man Too Big for Texas}
A statesman, soldier, and frontiersman, the champion of Texas independence was a giant of his age, reports Bart McDowell, a son of the Lone Star State. With photographs by Charles O' Rear and a double supplement map - - The Making of America: Texas.
Morocco's Holy City of Fez { Morocco's Ancient City of Fez}
A medieval time capsule, the Islamic center lives in the past while fighting an exodus to its nearby modern counterpart. By Harvey Arden, with photographs by Bruno Barbey.
Tenn- Tom Waterway: Bounty or Boondoggle? { Tenn- Tom's Troubled Waters; The Tennessee- Tombigbee Waterway: Bounty or Boondoggle? }
Is the new barge route linking the Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers another pork barrel, or will the two- billion- dollar project boost the South? Carolyn Bennett Patterson and photographer Sandy Felsenthal report.

Tracking the Elusive Snow Leopard
Solitary hunter of Himalayan slopes, the snow leopard is one of earth's rarest large cats. By radio signals, Rodney Jackson and Darla Hillard follow the carnivores through Nepal's rugged Langu Gorge.
The Tea and Sugar Lifeline in Australia's Outback
You can get almost anything - - from beer to sermons - - when this freight rolls into isolated towns on the bleak Nullarbor Plain. Erla Zwingle and photographer William Albert Allard ride the outback rails.
Bikini - A Way of Life Lost
Can the citizens of Bikini Atoll - evacuated from this atomic test site 40 years ago - - ever return to their Pacific island home? William S. Ellis investigates their options, and James P. Blair photographs their plight.
The World of Tolstoy
With broad vision and sympathy for all mankind, this Russian literary giant wrote novels for the ages and helped mold the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. Peter T. White and photographer Sam Abell visit shrines of his literary labors.
Our Immune System: The Wars Within
An army of special cells on continuous search- and- destroy missions guards the body against disease - - but cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, and the deadly AIDS virus prove mighty enemies. Peter Jaret reports on the battlefront. Photographs by Lennart Nils