“How zookeepers and botanists keep animals and plants cool in extreme weather.”
wildlife
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In the South, Developers Enter a Complicated Relationship with Endangered Bats
“Today, white-nose syndrome is wiping out an entire branch of the bat family tree in America’s Southeastern forests.”
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The Venus Flytrap and the Golf Course
“The Endangered Species Act is thought of as wildlife’s ’emergency room.’ Are we doing enough to prevent species from landing there?”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring reads from Scott Huler, Sophie Elmhirst, Lauren Smiley, Brian Payton, and Caity Weaver.
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Cat-astrophe
“Outdoor cats are considered one of the worst invasive species by ecologists. And humans are bitterly torn over how to respond.”
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Leopards Are Living Among People. And That Could Save the Species.
“For leopards to survive, we must learn to live with them.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week’s edition highlights stories by Bench Ansfield, Justin A. Davis, Wright Thompson, Lucy Jones, and April Nowell.
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Messengers From the Past
“I may have seen all there is to see at the Bosque yet I keep returning each year. It’s as though I, too, migrate to the Bosque.”
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In a Famed Kenyan Game Park, the Animals Are Giving Up
“As a climate change-induced drought wears on, it’s putting more pressure on wildlife, livestock, and people.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, our editors recommend notable features and essays by Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Justin Heckert, Gloria Liu, Sharon Levy, and Mychal Denzel Smith.