NPS threatens endangered tule elk at Point Reyes National Seashore: an exploration of sides and solutions
Eva Shen, Managing Editor
October 24, 2020
In the 1870s, there were ten tule elk left in the world. These 10 individuals were leftovers, the ghosts of a species that had been hunted to near extinction by Europeans. Endemic to California, the last tule elk— the smallest subspecies of American elk— wandered on the cusp of society for years, grasping on to survival in the grasslands and ...
Blaming the right beast: why the pandemic is humanity’s fault
Eva Shen, Managing Editor
September 25, 2020
Eight years ago, a science writer named David Quammen predicted the COVID-19 pandemic. In his bestselling book Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic, Quammen wrote: “If there is a Next Big One it will be zoonotic. Certain kinds of viruses [are the] likeliest candidates to cause a new pande...
