“As cats evolved from feral ratters into beloved Victorian companions, a nascent pet-food economy arose on the carts of so-called ‘cat’s meat men.’
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The Worm Hunters of Southern Ontario
“But with labour shortages and climate change, some worry we’re witnessing the final wiggles of a once thriving business.”
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Good Riddance To ‘The Best American Poetry’
“If ‘The Best American Poetry’ captures ‘the zeitgeist of the current attitudes in American poetry,’ we should be asking: Why are those attitudes so f****d up?”
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How My Mother’s Dying Wish Took My Family to Antarctica
“What I thought was a burden was a tether across death’s divide.”
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I Tracked a Wild Salmon From Sea to Plate — What I Learned Surprised Me
“An eye-opening adventure through Alaska’s wild salmon supply chain, from nets to knives to the dinner table.”
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Extremely Offline: What Happened When a Pacific Island Was Cut Off From the Internet
“A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life.”
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Two Years After a Wildfire Took Everything, Maui Homeowners Are Facing a New Threat: Foreclosure
“A Native Hawaiian mother’s fight to keep her family in Lāhainā despite soaring costs, mortgage limbo, and land-hungry investors eager to own a piece of Hawaiʻi.”
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The Future of Climate Change Is on Mauritius
“Freak tornadoes, ‘explosions’ of jellyfish, flash floods and dried up pumps.”
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Finding Food and Solace in the Intertidal
“Finding Food and Solace in the Intertidal.”
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The Jackpot Generation
“Canada is in the midst of the greatest wealth transfer of all time, as some $1 trillion passes from boomers to their millennial kids. How an inheritance-based economy will transform the country.”
