National Geographic Magazine

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SECRETS of the OCTOPUS • MASTER OF DISGUISE, CUNNING ESCAPE ARTIST, SELFLESS PARENT: THE OCTOPUS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY CREATURE.

A FRESH PERSPECTIVE • New research is changing the way we see these clever, adaptable cephalopods.

UNDERWATER WONDERS • In an excerpt from her new book, Secrets of the Octopus, an animal lover offers insight into this ‘strange, beautiful, curious creature.’

WAVES OF CHANGE • A conversation with marine biologist Alex Schnell, who advocates compassion and humane treatment for all animals

TRAIL of BLESSINGS • Japan’s most famous pilgrimage route visits 88 temples in the footsteps of a celebrity monk born 1,250 years ago.

TRAVEL TIPS

Jupiter’s STORMY STRIPES • NASA’s Juno spacecraft has spent more than seven years orbiting the solar system’s largest planet. Its detailed images of Jupiter’s turbulent atmosphere are helping scientists understand the forces behind the colossal storms roiling the gas giant.

KEEPERS OF THE FLAME • An ancient religion founded in Central Asia faces a vexing question: how to keep the fire of faith burning

A brief history of Zoroastrianism

BACK to LIFE • More than 500 years after her death in the Andes and nearly three decades after her discovery, we’re finally able to put a face on the Ice Maiden of Ampato.

STORIED ROCK • For millennia, Indigenous peoples etched and painted their stories across the landscape of present-day North America. Today, as more artworks are revealed, Native and non-Native experts are bringing a rich cultural heritage into view.

When precisely was it made? What exactly did it mean to its creators?

LENDING AID to LEMURS • A scientist is betting on ‘bacon bugs’ to help Madagascar’s critically endangered primates.

One HANDY GADGET

WATER from the CHALK • Welling up through white porous rock, England’s chalk streams are prized by anglers and poets alike. Now supporters are wading in to help them thrive.

STREAM SAMPLER • Although most stretches of chalk streams are privately owned, glimpses of their beauty can be enjoyed on long-distance footpaths and at bridge crossings, or for a fee with a fishing charter.

STREAMS OF LIFE • The world has fewer than 300 chalk streams, the majority in England. Meandering through rolling hills of chalk that act as a sponge, the gentle flows emerge when groundwater rises above ancient, cleansing aquifers below.

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