EditorialHippos surfacing in the Luangwa River, by the former campsite where the writer and conservationist Delia Owens lived for a time, in the North Luangwa National Park in Zambia, on Sept. 5, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialHippos surfacing in the Luangwa River, by the former campsite where the writer and conservationist Delia Owens lived for a time, in the North Luangwa National Park in Zambia, on Sept. 5, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialTourists from Germany take a dip in the Kern River near their campsite at the Keysville recreation area, near Kernville, Calif., June 4, 2023. (Mette Lampcov/The New York Times)
EditorialTourists from Germany take a dip in the Kern River near their campsite at the Keysville recreation area, near Kernville, Calif., June 4, 2023. (Mette Lampcov/The New York Times)
EditorialTourists from Germany take a dip in the Kern River near their campsite at the Keysville recreation area, near Kernville, Calif., June 4, 2023. (Mette Lampcov/The New York Times)
EditorialTourists from Germany take a dip in the Kern River near their campsite at the Keysville recreation area, near Kernville, Calif., June 4, 2023. (Mette Lampcov/The New York Times)
EditorialTourists from Germany take a dip in the Kern River near their campsite at the Keysville recreation area, near Kernville, Calif., June 4, 2023. (Mette Lampcov/The New York Times)
EditorialTourists from Germany take a dip in the Kern River near their campsite at the Keysville recreation area, near Kernville, Calif., June 4, 2023. (Mette Lampcov/The New York Times)
EditorialAs a Latina, Dr. Naomi Fraga is a rarity in a field long dominated by white men, dating to the 1700s when European colonists traveled the world and built collections of exotic plant specimens. (Daniel Dorsa/The New York Times)
EditorialAs a Latina, Dr. Naomi Fraga is a rarity in a field long dominated by white men, dating to the 1700s when European colonists traveled the world and built collections of exotic plant specimens. (Daniel Dorsa/The New York Times)
EditorialA campsite at Mount Hood Meadows, where you can ski back to your van at the end of the day, in Mount Hood, Ore., Jan. 28, 2023. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)
EditorialLloyd Robertson’s camp is threatened by rising waters and falling trees along the American River in Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 9, 2023. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialChris Cawley and Blake Votilla at their campsite after collecting cones that will be replanted to help restore forests decimated by wildfires, in Moab, Utah, Aug. 29, 2022. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)
EditorialThe jungle campsite Valentín Natural, an eco-tourism project at the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan, Mexico, on July 19, 2022. (Adrian Wilson/The New York Times)