“The vacation hot spot has been overrun by people—whose habits are drawing fast-moving animals with sharp claws and insatiable appetites.”
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The Once and Future Woods
“Cathedrals, seed banks, and oaks: How to live in times of change.”
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The Veterinarians Preventing the Next Pandemic
“Most new diseases have their origins in animals. So why aren’t we paying more attention to their health?”
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There Will Be Blood
“Confronting the ethical and ecological dilemma over culling animals for conservation.”
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The Very Hungry Urchins
“They’re very simple animals, but they’re very effective at what they do.”
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The Big Life — and Looming Death — of a Rocky Mountain Defender
“He says that experience left him with a different understanding of his work and its purpose.”
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In Search Of The Continent’s Largest Shorebird
“Transcendent experiences, after all, are rare.”
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A Freediver Finds Belonging Without Breath
“I’ve retrained my mind to be underwater.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
The April 12 edition features stories by Stephanie McCrummen, Mark Warren, Trina Moyles, Laura Preston, and Jack King.
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The Great Serengeti Land Grab
“How Gulf princes, the safari industry, and conservation groups are displacing the Maasai from the last of their Serengeti homeland.”