2006 January – June

Who's Winning in Iraq { The Kurds in Control}
Who's Winning in Iraq The Kurds maybe the only group powerful enough to keep Iraq from tearing itself apart. But who says that's what they want? BY FRANK VIVIANO PHOTOGRAPHS BY ED KASHI
Genocide Unearthed { Genocide and the Science of Proof}
Genocide Unearthed Forensic investigators are assembling grim evidence of mass murders during Saddam Hussein's regime. BY LEWIS M. SIMONS
Our Grandest Canyon { The Grandest Canyon; Grand Canyon; The Unexpected Canyon: Grand Canyon}
The Grandest Canyon It's the most iconic of American landscapes, yet the Grand Canyon still has the power to surprise. BY VIRGINIA MORELL PHOTOGRAPHS BY MICHAEL NICHOLS
ZipUSA: Mockingbird, Alabama { 36460: To Catch a Mockingbird; ZipUSA: 36460; ZipUSA: Monroeville, Alabama}
ZipUSA: 36460 To Kill a Mockingbird isn't just a novel set in Monroeville, Alabama. It's the town's obsession. BY CATHY NEWMAN PHOTOGRAPHS BY MICHAEL NICHOLS
The Mighty Mantid { Praying Mantids; Mantids; Mantids: Armed and Dangerous}
Praying Mantids These ferocious insects are masters of disguise, outwitting their prey ( if not always their predators) . TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARK W. MOFFETT
Arctic Hunters on Thin Ice { Living on Thin Ice; Ice Hunters; Last Days of the Ice Hunters? }
Living on Thin Ice As Arctic Greenland warms up, its inhabi- tants- both human and animal- confront a precarious future. BY GRETEL EHRLICH PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAVID McLAIN
The Dawn of Maya Gods and Kings
Dawn of Maya Gods and Kings A stunning 2, 000- year- old mural at Guatemala's San Bartolo site is rewriting Maya history. BY WILLIAM SATURNO PHOTOGRAPHS BY KENNETH GARRETT
Return of the Lynx { Scenes from a Homecoming; Of Lynx and Men}
Return of the Lynx Cats transplanted from Canada are helping repopulate the Colorado wilderness. BY DANIEL GLICK PHOTOGRAPHS BY AMY TOENSING

Inside Chernobyl { The Long Shadow of Chernobyl}
Twenty years after a nuclear reactor exploded, blanketing thousands of square miles with radiation, the catastrophe isn't over. BY RICHARD STONE PHOTOGRAPHS BY GERD LUDWIG
Dragonfly Mating Game { Dragonflies; Dragonflies: Strange Love}
Grab, shake, bite, puncture, punch- that's just the courtship ritual of these dazzling aerobats. BY JENNIFER ACKERMAN PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOZSEF L. SZENTPETERI
Quake: The Next Big One { Earthquakes; The Next Big One: Where on Earth Will it Strike? }
We understand earthquakes better than we did a century ago, when San Francisco was flattened. Now we' d like to predict them. BY JOEL ACHENBACH PHOTOGRAPHS BY PETER ESSICK SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT: EARTHQUAKE RISK ZONES
The New Venezuela { Venezuela; Venezuela According to Chavez}
Hugo Chavez won the presidency of Venezuela by a landslide in 1998. Has he also won the hearts of his people? BY ALMA GUILLERMOPRIETO PHOTOGRAPHS BY MEREDITH DAVENPORT
Glen Canyon Revealed { Glen Canyon; A Dry Red Season: Glen Canyon}
A sustained drought has shriveled Lake Powell in the Southwest to expose a red- rock wonderland drowned decades ago. BY DANIEL GLICK PHOTOGRAPHS BY MICHAEL MELFORD
Nuclear Comeback { Nuclear Power; Nuclear Power: Risking a Comeback}
It's controversial. It's expensive. And it just might save the Earth. BY CHARLES PETIT

Supplement:

DANGER ZONES: EARTHQUAKE RISK- -A GLOBAL VIEW(20 1/4 x 31 inches)
Included: Map of world showing areas of high and low earthquake risk, population density, the ten deadliest and costliest earthquakes in the last 100 years, plate boundaries, and direction of plate movement; notes about cities located near boundaries bet
EARTHQUAKES: LIVING WITH THE THREAT(20 1/4 x 31 inches)
Included: Illustration showing earthquake effects on an urban area, including utilities, houses, mid- rise and high- rise buildings, and highways; plus illustrated notes on earthquake- resistant methods and materials used to reinforce and stabilize house