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Animals

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Stickeen: The Story of a Dog

An adventure on an Alaskan glacier with a new best friend.

John Muir Jan 1909 30min Permalink

History Science

Brutes

Meditations on the myth of the voiceless.

Amitav Ghosh Orion Sep 2021 20min Permalink

Best Article

Deep Intellect

The soul of an octopus.

Sy Montgomery Orion Oct 2011 20min Permalink

Best Article Science

52 Blue

The story of the loneliest whale in the world.

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The Longform Guide to Sea Creatures

Leslie Jamison The Atavist Magazine Aug 2014 50min Permalink

Science

The Crow Whisperer

What happens when we talk to animals?

Lauren Markham Harper's Mar 2021 20min Permalink

Science

Animal Planet

An ambitious new system will track scores of species from space—shedding light, scientists hope, on the lingering mysteries of animal movement.

Sonia Shah The New York Times Magazine Jan 2021 15min Permalink

The Day the Great Apes Died

Twenty-five years ago, the tragedy at the World of Primates building broke the city’s heart and raised a loaded question: What, exactly, do we owe the animals in our care?

Sandy Hingston Philadephia Magazine Dec 2020 20min Permalink

Science

The Last Two Northern White Rhinos On Earth

What will we lose when Najin and Fatu die?

Sam Anderson New York Times Magazine Jan 2021 30min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "To Keep the Ghosts Away"

Two Southern neighbors form a layered bond.

Frederica Morgan Davis storySouth Oct 2020 35min Permalink

Science World

Where Camels Take to the Sea

In Gujarat, India, a special breed of camel is not constrained by land—but cannot escape the many forces of change.

Shanna Baker Hakai Sep 2020 15min Permalink

Science

The Last Giraffes on Earth

The planet’s tallest animal is in far greater danger than people might think.

Ed Yong The Atlantic Mar 2020 15min Permalink

Science

How Cities Reshape the Evolutionary Path of Urban Wildlife

If researchers can figure out how pigeons and rats evolve to thrive in hostile city habitats, it could help other beasts—including us—adapt to climate change.

Brendan I. Koerner Wired Sep 2019 25min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Still Soft, Still Whole"

Scenes from a troubled Appalachian marriage.

Beth Gilstrap Menacing Hedge Jul 2019 20min Permalink

First I Got Pregnant. Then I Decided to Kill a Mountain Lion.

On becoming a mom.

Kathleen Hale Elle Feb 2017 15min Permalink

Business Science

Born to Be Eaten

What’s at stake in the fight over development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? A caribou herd, and a culture that relies on it.

Eva Holland Longreads May 2019 30min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Lawrence of Arabia"

An unexpected visitor—a camel—helps a woman cope with personal and political turmoil.

Vineetha Mokkil Gravel Magazine May 2019 10min Permalink

Science

How Rats Became an Inescapable Part of City Living

“Rats are our shadow selves.”

Emma Marris National Geographic Mar 2019 20min Permalink

Science

Scientists Are Totally Rethinking Animal Cognition

What science can tell us about how other creatures experience the world.

Ross Andersen The Atlantic Feb 2019 30min Permalink

Best Article

Death of a Pig

On the grief that comes with losing livestock.

E.B. White The Atlantic Jan 1948 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "A Portrait"

Various forms of isolation in rural Canada.

Alison Braid Barren Magazine Jan 2019 15min Permalink

Crime Science

The Egg Thief

For decades, Jeffrey Lendrum went to extreme lengths to snatch falcon eggs from their nests and sell them to the highest bidder. Then he got caught.

Joshua Hammer Outside Jan 2019 30min Permalink

Best Article Science

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 Permalink

Science Travel

Man-Eaters

A quest for tigers in India.

Brian Phillips The Ringer Sep 2018 35min Permalink

Science

What Termites Can Teach Us

Put a few termites into a petri dish and they wander around aimlessly; put in forty and they start stampeding around the dish’s perimeter like a herd. But put enough termites together, in the right conditions, and they will build you a cathedral.

Amia Srinivasan New Yorker Sep 2018 20min Permalink

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The Obsessive Search for the Tasmanian Tiger

Could a global icon of extinction still be alive?

Brooke Jarvis New Yorker Jun 2018 25min Permalink

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