“Altruism gone wrong in New York City’s cat rescue community.”
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When the Bears Come Back
“A brutal bear attack in rural Virginia raises a difficult question: what does it mean to welcome wildness back?”
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A Day with England’s Hunt Saboteurs
“Armed with drones, balaclavas and vegan sausage rolls.”
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Fortress Yellowstone
“The ultra-rich are fortifying themselves inside one of America’s last intact ecosystems—with money plundered from ecological sacrifice zones around the world.”
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Women in Afghanistan Are Prisoners In Their Own Homes. This is the Story of Marjan, Married at 12 to a Taliban Fighter
“Women in Afghanistan are prisoners in their own homes. This is the story of Marjan, married at 12 to a Taliban fighter.”
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The Worm That No Computer Scientist Can Crack
“One of the simplest, most over-studied organisms in the world is the C. elegans nematode. For 13 years, a project called OpenWorm has tried—and utterly failed—to simulate it.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending excellent stories from Lewis Hyde, Reeves Wiedeman, Sam Myers, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and David W. Brown.
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My Road Trip With the Do-Gooding Cactus Smugglers
“Can poaching ever be ethical?”
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The School for Wildlife Traffickers
“Chinese criminals are recruiting Malawian orphans into the ivory trade.”
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Lake Tahoe’s Bear Boom
“The vacation hot spot has been overrun by people—whose habits are drawing fast-moving animals with sharp claws and insatiable appetites.”
