“A century of research has demonstrated how poverty and discrimination drive disease. Can COVID push science to finally address the issue?”
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All Flourishing Is Mutual
“My favorite moment came in the years when my ǧáǧṃ́p would nod to himself and make the official pronouncement: “It’s going to be a good year for salmon.” In that moment, we felt like little harbingers of hope.”
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The Silent Farm for Developmental Disabilities
“David believes that the men who come to the farm are able to connect deeply with the animals and the natural world, in part because of the way that society has dismissed them.”
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The Big Bear Reading List
The elusive bear is a thing of fascination, and writers have a lot to say about them.
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The Cats and Dogs Who Eat Cats and Dogs
“Pets, like humans, don’t expect the call of the wild to arrive in their faces.”
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Being a Shark
“In the shadow of their disbelief, I became intensely aware of the tremendous privilege and cultural capital often associated with accessing ‘nature.’”
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The Last Two Northern White Rhinos On Earth
“What will we lose when Najin and Fatu die?”
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2020: Science and Nature
Our top picks in science and nature stories for 2020.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
On Trees as Social Creatures and Fungi as the ‘Fabric of the Forest’
Trees were previously seen as individual and solitary organisms. But the research of Suzanne Simard shows otherwise.
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The Social Life of Forests
“Trees appear to communicate and cooperate through subterranean networks of fungi. What are they sharing with one another?”