How We Treat Bears in Cities Is Trash
Too many of them are becoming casualties in the battle of the bins
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Rethinking Uncertainty in an Insecure Age
Our world is becoming more unsettled in many troubling ways. In others, it is not nearly unsettled enough
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The Life and Death of Bear 148
When I first met her, she was destined for greatness. I couldn’t anticipate how she would meet her end
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How a Military Base Became a Safe Haven for Endangered Species
Tank treads tearing up the earth and planned fires are the kind of short-lived destruction that mimics much-needed natural cycles for all matter of wildlife
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There’s Only One Spotted Owl Left in the Canadian Wild. Can She Be Saved?
Old-growth logging has forced the species into near extinction. Inside the race to save it
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Ruffled Feathers: How Feral Peacocks Divided a Small Town
The birds were beloved. But they also chased garbage trucks, scratched cars, and feasted on vegetable patches
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The Pigeon Puzzle: How Do They Figure Out Their Impossibly Long Routes Home?
You might consider them flying rats, but their odysseys stump scientists
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The Cactus That Came Back from the Dead
When a plant barely exists in the natural world but lives on your windowsill, is it really endangered?
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