1987 January – June

Brazil's Monkeys in Peril { Monkey in Peril: Rescuing Brazil's Muriqui}
The muriqui faced a bleak future until it became the star of a popular conservation campaign aimed at saving Brazil's unique primate population, says Russell A. Mittermeier. Photographs by Andrew L. Young.
Mysteries of the Bog
One of nature's special gifts, peat is fuel, medicine, soil conditioner, and preserver of the past. Louise E. Lavathes and photographer Fred Bavendam report on a dwindling resource.
Australia's Southern Seas: A Cold, Rich World Beneath the Southern Cross
The ocean life down under roils with a wealth of marine life. But when Richard Ellis and photographer David Doubilet joined fishermen seeking abalone, prawn, and rock lobster, they were also invading the hunting ground of the great white shark.
North Dakota- -Tough Times on the Prairie { Tough Times on the Prairie- -North Dakota}
North Dakota nurtures a hardy people, inured to a climate and economy that deal out too little or too much. Bryan Hodgson and photographer Annie Griffiths report.
Brazil: The Promise and Pain { Brazil: Moment of Promise and Pain}
The tropical South American giant is emerging as a world economic power despite its huge foreign debt. And its new democratic government is bent on reversing centuries of inequality and social neglect, according to Priit J. Vesilind and photographer Ste;

The Patowmack Canal: Waterway That Led to the Constitution { George Washington's Patowmack Canal: Waterway That Led to the Constitution}
Lifelong dream of America's first President, this great national Work, began in 1785 to bind the frontier West with eastern seaports, was a first step on the way to the Constitutional Convention. By Wilbur E. Garrett, with photographs by Kenneth Garre;
Waterton- Glacier: Pride of Two Nations { Waterton- Glacier Peace Park; Pride of Two Nations: Waterton- Glacier International Peace Park}
Canada and the U. S. deal with mounting pressures on the vast mountain preserve that straddles the border between Montana and Alberta. David S. Boyer and Lowell Georgia portray its problems and splendors.
Tracking Tornadoes { Tornado! }
Earth's most powerful storms pack winds too furious to measure. Peter Miller explains when and where they form and how we detect and survive them. Photographs by Chris Johns.
Laos Today { Laos}
How have the free- spirited people of this Southeast Asian nation adjusted to a decade of Communist rule? Assistant Editor Peter T. White and photographer Seny Norasingh report.
Ice Entombs an Eskimo Family for Five Centuries { When Ice Entombed an Eskimo Family; Sealed in Time- -Ice Entombs an Eskimo Family for Five Centuries}
A surge of sea ice slams onto Alaska's north coast, burying a house and its occupants. Five centuries later archaeologist Albert A. Dekin, Jr. , unravels the tragic story. Photographs by Victor R. Boswell, Jr. , and Scott Rutherford, paintings by James
Gray Whales Make a Comeback { Gray Whales at Play in Baja's San Ignacio Lagoon}
Dr. Steven L. Swartz and Mark Lou Jones tell of a six- year study of the gray whale, once almost hunted out of existence, at a Mexican breeding site. Photographs by Francois Gohier.