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Ecology

Politics Science

Woman in the Woods

A study of resilience in does and other female creatures.

Sandra Steingraber Orion Jun 2021 20min Permalink

Science

The Wild Frontier of Animal Welfare

Should humans try harder to protect even wild creatures from predators and disease? Should we care whether they live good lives? Some philosophers and scientists have an unorthodox answer.

Dylan Matthews Vox Apr 2021 15min Permalink

Science

Why Animals Don't Get Lost

Birds do it. Bees do it. Learning about the astounding navigational feats of wild creatures can teach us a lot about where we’re going.

Kathryn Schulz New Yorker Mar 2021 25min Permalink

History Science

An Ecology of Disturbance

“Around here the land swallows things.”

Claire Thompson Terrain Feb 2021 15min Permalink

Science

The Cats and Dogs Who Eat Cats and Dogs

Apex predators, feeding on pests and pets, teem in suburban Dallas and other American cities.

Clinton Crockett Peters Terrain Feb 2021 15min Permalink

Science

The Rat Spill

A tiny Alaskan island faces a threat as deadly as an oil spill—rats.

Sarah Gilman Hakai Magazine Aug 2019 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Poisoned Apple"

A woman fights against various forms of trespassing.

Katie Welch Split Lip Magazine Dec 2017 10min Permalink

Science

Oh, This Is Great

On the Texas-sized trash island floating in the Pacific.

Thomas Morton Vice Feb 2008 Permalink

Science

Tuna's End

Will we deplete the worldwide Bluefin Tuna population beyond repair?

Paul Greenberg New York Times Magazine Jun 2010 Permalink