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April
2002
Browse our online feature offerings, from field adventures and factoids to maps and multimedia. On every feature screen you can Zoom In on Web-exclusive photo galleries and get the tech facts behind the frames. Then enter the world of writers and photographers with behind-the-scenes tales of life On Assignment. Finally, find full resource listings from links to printable maps in More to Explore. Be sure to check out this month’s Sights & Sounds—our multimedia showstopper.
Tibetans: Moving Forward, Holding On Adapting to the realities of Chinese rule, Tibetans still
manage to hold on to cherished traditions. Highlight:MAP Downloadable, printable, high-resolution map
of where Tibetans reside in Asia. Highlight:MULTIMEDIA VIDEO Steve McCurry talks about
Tibet’s recent past and present challenges. Highlight:FORUM
Tibetans are cautiously seeking the economic freedoms enjoyed by the
Chinese. How would life be different for Tibetans if China had not taken
control? Enter>>
Maneless in Tsavo Legendary Kenya lions shed their mystery. Highlight:MAP Downloadable, printable, high-resolution map
of the African range of maneless lions. Highlight:MULTIMEDIA
VIDEO Bob Caputo discusses the difficulties
of photographing lions in the wild. Highlight:
WALLPAPER
Creatures great and small pounce, stampede, skitter, and dart onto your
desktop as this month’s wallpaper.
Yucatán’s Mysterious Hill Cities Ancient Maya ruins stud Mexico’s hill country. Highlight:MAP
Downloadable, printable, high-resolution map of the ruined settlements of
Mexico’s Puuc region.
Muskoxen: Relics of the Pleistocene Hunted nearly to extinction for their meat and coats, the
“bearded ones” again thrive in the Arctic. Highlight:MULTIMEDIA
VIDEO Norbert Rosing describes how muskoxen are
tailor-made for cold climate.
Lewis and Clark’s Lost Missouri A geographer maps the explorers’ path into the
West—unsettling some towns’ claims to fame. Highlight:MAP
Downloadable, printable, high-resolution map of the expedition’s route. Highlight:FORUM
Recently plotted maps reveal some surprising discoveries and new theories
about the Lewis and Clark expedition along the Missouri River. Why are
historical revisions difficult for some people to accept? Enter>>
China’s Hengduan Mountains Government decrees protect the fragile habitat of the
Hengduan Mountains, where Buddhism alone stood guard. Highlight:
MAP
Downloadable, printable, high-resolution map of the Hengduan Mountains’
sacred slopes. Highlight:MULTIMEDIA
VIDEO Mark W. Moffett talks about the relationship
between religion and culture in this Chinese mountain locale.
Bat Patrol Radar follows bats in Texas as they gorge on crop pests. Highlight:MAP
Downloadable, printable, high-resolution map of radar tracking of bat
night-flight. Highlight:VIDEO Doppler radar captures the nighttime chase
of bats and bugs. Highlight:VIDEO Bats make an evening exodus from their
haven beneath a Texas bridge. Highlight:
ONLINE EXTRA Despite fantastic tales to the
contrary, bats help far more than harm.
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Bats have long played a prominent role in nightmarish gothic tales, made no
less believable by their unusual anatomy and less-than-adorable faces. Why
do bats evoke such fear? Do homely creatures get a bad rap? Enter>>
ZipUSA:
Pickstown, SD 57367 Dam-building spawned a workers’ town on the Missouri and
the Tom Sawyer youth of a favorite son. Highlight:FORUM
Tom Sawyer had nothing on Tom Brokaw. The television journalist’s boyhood in
Pickstown, South Dakota, was akin to that of a storybook. What are the pros
and cons of living in a small town? Enter>>
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Nominate your own wonderful, weird, or wacky choice for this magazine series. Enter>>
