Farming a better fish Culebra Island, Puerto Rico: Until harvest, thousands of cobia fish are housed in offshore pens. As a source of animal protein that can meet the needs of a future human population of 9 billion with the least demand on Earth’s resources, aquaculture looks like a good bet. Photograph by Brian J. Skerry

 

Wilderness reflections Hunter River, Kimberley Region, Australia: Under a tea mangrove, the water mirrors a region in Australia’s wild northwest that is generally regarded as the country’s last frontier. Hard to reach and challenging to explore, the Kimberley is an ancient plateau, dissected by deep gorges, craggy mountain strongholds and bizarre sandstone formations.