“The pollen of the catkins is sweet on the proboscis of the oak-mining bee, too.”
the environment
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In Alaska, A Mystery Over Disappearing Whales
“Sam Ellis his colleagues have shown that killer whales with living grandmothers are more likely to survive than those without.”
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Tuna
“It’s an unusually precarious beginning for a life that can last forty years.”
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Humans Are Overzealous Whale Morticians
“We hastily dispose of dead whales, ignoring the ecological significance of their carcasses.”
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What Death Means to Love and What Love Means to Death
“But perhaps it’s neither here nor there how we think about death. Perhaps the work that must be done is in how we think about life.”
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The Complicated Capitalism of Plastics
“It might not seem like the right time to talk about plastics…But it is. And the world doesn’t have a moment to waste.”
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Why Bumblebees Love Cats and Other Beautiful Relationships
On the wonders and benefits of natural relationships and what happens when humans meddle with the delicate balance between species.
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How A Nonagenarian Insists We Can Avoid The Age of Loneliness
“He frames what we don’t know about our planet and what lives on it as a thrilling mystery, an opportunity to learn rather than a problem too daunting or, worse, too late to confront.”
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Can Mickey Mouse Coexist with Bears, Panthers, and Alligators?
“The treasures of wild Florida — landscapes, waterways, flora, and fauna — will soon disappear without drastic efforts to save them.”
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Protecting the Unicorns Beneath the Sea: The Secret Seahorse Colony of Long Beach
“And if you’ve never seen a seahorse in the wild before, you will feel honored and awed, as if you’ve just seen a unicorn beneath the sea.”