National Geographic April 2013

Back to Life

Reviving an extinct species is no longer a fantasy. Is it a good idea?

Tusk Hunters

Remains of long-gone mammoths lie buried in Siberian tundra.

Seeking New Species

Scientists have found 1.7 million. Millions more are undiscovered.

Crusading Pilot

Barrington Irving wants to teach kids to explore the skies.

Delaware, at Last

A proposed park celebrates the Brandywine Valley and more.

I Love You, Manatee

We swim with it when legal, tune to its radio station, ponder its fate.

Europe’s Wild Men

They dress in bear heads and bells, and behave like beasts.

A Rush for Red Gold

Illegal loggers plunder Peru’s forests for majogany.