Tag: Nature
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Animals Are the Original Wellness Influencers
Long before TikTok and probiotics, animals were teaching each other tips on feeling better, from swallowing leaves to get rid of parasites to using icebergs for exfoliation.
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The Neglected Abundance Of Your Backyard
Exploring backyard biology helps reconnect us to nature, boosting our health and its biodiversity in the process.
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Evolution and Guinea Pig Toes
How one animal’s oddity inspired Sewall Wright to take on one of Darwin’s big ideas
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Chamber Pots and Candlelight: Meet the Families Who Live Off the Grid on a Remote French Island
An isolated bay in Brittany has been home to monks, a Nobel Prize winner, even Charles Lindbergh. Today, there’s still no electricity or running water and the inhabitants have no plans to change that.
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A Man’s Quest to Be “At One” With a Tiger
In 2012, David Villalobos dove into the Siberian tiger pit at the Bronx Zoo. The author retraces Villalobos’s steps in an attempt to understand the impulse that drove him to get close to a predator.