12/1997 Wild Tigers

2 Making Room for Wild Tigers Perilous but not hopeless,
the future of the world's few thousand wild tigers hinges on providing them land, prey, and protection.
BY GEOFFREY C. WARD PHOTOGRAPHS BY MICHAEL NICHOLS
,6 Sita: Life of a Wild Tigress No female wild tiger has
produced more documented litters than Sita, who has boosted the tiger population in the Indian national park she calls home.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY MICHAEL NICHOLS
48 Australia by Bike Wandering down under on two wheels brings an American journalist face-to-face with his adopted country.
BY ROFF MARTIN SMITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY R. IAN LLOYD
68 The Royal Crypts of Copán Hidden for more than 1,500 years beneath the ruins of an ancient city in Honduras, the death house of an illustrious Maya ruler dazzles archaeologists with its regal cache.
BY GEORGE E. STUART PHOTOGRAPHS BY KENNETH GARRETT ART BY CHRISTOPHER A. KLEIN
^ Double Map Supplement: Ancient Mesoamerica
94 The Age of Comets Cosmic visitors, with tails stretching across the heavens, bear remnants of the early solar system.
BY WILLIAM R. NEWCOTT
110 Scaling the Dragon's Spires Drawn by natural arches and
sheer cliffs, sport climbers tackle the Ha Long Bay islands of Vietnam.
BY LYNN HILL PHOTOGRAPHS BY BETH WALD
20 Uncovering Patagonia's Lost World Digging up
one surprising fossil after another, paleontologists are rethinking the evolution of dinosaurs in South America.
BY JAMES SHREEVE PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROBERT CLARK ART BY JAMES GURNEY
 

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