“Inside the fight between residents, conservationists, and governments over the most divisive and persecuted bird on the planet.”
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The Gravekeeper’s Paradox
“People want permanent tombstones that also show decay.”
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There’s Gold in the Hills
In the wide, quiet spaces of BLM land, I heard echoes of a past we’ve buried—and a future we still might save.
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The Last of Their Kind
“Are efforts to resurrect the northern white rhino more technological hubris than genuine conservation?”
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To Steal a Whale Bone
“There’s something about the thrill of discovery that can make a person believe what they’ve found is theirs now—to claim, to guard, to name.”
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Anatomy of an Extinction
“How climate disasters, human sprawl—and now Trump—are coming for America’s largest salamander.”
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Telling the Bees
“Finding solace in the company of bees, Emily Polk opens to the widening circles of loss around her and an enduring spirit of survival.”
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Wasting Away
“Rampant pollution caused manatees to starve. Florida waters are getting worse.”
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The Coyote Next Door
“What urban wildlife can teach us about cognition, survival, and how to be good neighbors”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending notable stories by Kelley Engelbrecht, Sam Anderson, Lindsey Liles, Jeannette Cooperman, and Claire McNear.