The long, tangled, and mostly wrong history of the psychedelic toad.
animals
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Lucrative Bird-Singing Contests That Are Pushing Species to the Brink
“Millions of songbirds in Southeast Asia are trapped and smuggled each year for keeping as pets or entering in competitions. Scientists warn that it’s fueling a crisis.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Inside the Strange, Fragile World of Keeping Exotic Cats as Pets
“As of May 2026, you can no longer buy or sell exotic cats in British Columbia. What do we do with them all now?”
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Florida Alligator Dragnet
“When an alligator kills someone in America, it can make international headlines. What happens to the thousands of gators that people deem ‘nuisances’ does not.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Are Crows Really Our Friends?
“An investigation into the state of corvid–human relations.”
Posted inFeature
Living in an Alive World
Soft eyes, deep listening, and other ways to extend human perception beyond our limits.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Are There More Bunnies in Toronto?
“I never used to see rabbits in Toronto. Then they were everywhere. Then I lost my mind.”
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Why Are Fish So Gay?
“A conversation about finding community in the aquatic.”
Posted inThe Atavist Magazine
Open Season
Colorado’s San Luis Valley was a wildlife poacher’s paradise.
Then an undercover federal agent arrived.
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Reversing Extinction
“Technologies of preserving and reviving organisms are already redefining the meaning of life, death, and extinction itself.”