National Geographic September 2011

Joy for Orphan Elephants

With the right kind of milk (and the right kind of love), a traumatized calf can make it.

If We Only Had Wings

From da Vinci to NASA scientists, humans dream up schemes to soar like a bird. Are we there yet?

Miracle of the Adirondacks

New York’s park is blessedly remote, divinely beautiful, and unbelievably complicated.

Birth of a New Brazil

Big families are out. Credit strong-willed women – and the steamy soap operas that inspired them.

The Race to the South Pole

A century ago Scott lost the Amundsen won-partly because he knew when to turn back.

Lords of the Sahara

The fiercely independent Tuareg struggle to survive amid the turmoil of North Africa.