“A brutal bear attack in rural Virginia raises a difficult question: what does it mean to welcome wildness back?”
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City of Glass
“Meet the dedicated cadre of experts and volunteers working to protect birds from glass in the window-strike capital of the United States.”
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.”
My Road Trip With the Do-Gooding Cactus Smugglers
“Can poaching ever be ethical?”
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.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending excellent stories from Lewis Hyde, Reeves Wiedeman, Sam Myers, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and David W. Brown.
The School for Wildlife Traffickers
“Chinese criminals are recruiting Malawian orphans into the ivory trade.”
What Kind Of Future Does De-Extinction Promise?
“De-extinction promises not a true reversal of time but a selective one.”

