“When a padded envelope at the Calgary airport started to move, officials jumped into action.”
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How Trafficked Cheetah Cubs Move From the Wild and Into Your Instagram Feed
Criminal networks in Somaliland smuggle cheetah cubs out of Africa to wealthy buyers in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and other Gulf countries.
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‘The Fledglings Are Out!’
“Peering in, I see that last week’s eggs are now chicks. Tiny bright-yellow beaks, mouths opening and closing silently. This is the magic.”
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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.”
Posted inHighlight, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
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.”
Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature, The Atavist Magazine, Uncategorized
Small-Town New Hampshire’s Battle with Bears and Liberty
Grafton, New Hampshire has a bear problem, but how much of the problem is the result of human behavior?
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An Oregon Wolf, Profiled
A fateful encounter between Oregon’s mightiest wolf and the scientist who would track him for the next six years.
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A Very Old Man for a Wolf
The story of Oregon’s first alpha-male wolf in generations — and of the man who tried to save him, until he couldn’t.
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Battling the Odds Against Wolf Reintroduction
Following endangered Mexican gray wolves from their captive birth to their release in New Mexico.
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Are We in a New Era of ‘Re-Wilding’?
The contrasting conditions of the resurgent Föritz and the depleted forests of Albania are a microcosm of the planet. We are living in the Anthropocene, a time when human activity, more than anything else, shapes the earth’s climate and ecosystems. Our hunting, fishing, deforestation, overgrazing, and pollution have created a period of mass extinction the likes of which haven’t occurred since the dinosaurs. E. O. Wilson, the preeminent biologist and conservationist, predicts we could lose half of all species on the earth by the end of this century.