The Longform Guide to Man and Beast
The Squid Hunter
An obsessive marine biologist gambles his savings, family, and sanity on a quest to be the first to capture a live giant squid.
David Grann New Yorker May 2004 45min
Death of a Pig
On the grief that comes with losing livestock.
E.B. White Atlantic Jan 1948 15min
The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup
A profile of a 25-year-old Spanish sensation.
Susan Orlean Outside Dec 1996 25min
Travis the Menace
The inevitably tragic story of Travis the chimp and the family of tow-truck operators who raised him like a human child.
Dan P. Lee New York Jan 2011
Consider the Lobster
A trip to a lobster festival in Maine leads to an examination of the culinary and ethical dimensions of cooking a live, possibly sentient, creature.
David Foster Wallace Gourmet Aug 2004
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