ANIMALS

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  • The Kabul Zoo Is a Rare Afghan Success Story

    The tale of Marjan the lion became an entry point for many Americans in understanding the larger story of Afghanistan. It was a narrative of war, hardship, and survival presented through a battle-scarred symbol of the Afghan people, their outlast-them...

  • The Government Is Retiring Hundreds of Chimps from Biomedical Research

    I hate to paint with a broad brush here, but primates in America have horrible lives. Sure, there are your One Percenters like Koko and Bubbles the Chimp, but by and large, the US is one big Bergen-Belsen for our oldest living ancestors. The NIH has...

  • Animals Keep Photobombing Henry Gorse

    Henry Gorse is a young photographer whose photos often feature animals. I always attributed that to his spending most of his teenage summers on a farm in Cheshire, but then I asked him about it and it turns out it's either A) just sheer coincidence, or...

  • Extinct Animals Should Stay Dead

    Scientist Stewart Brand, who has clearly never seen 'Jurassic Park,' wants to bring 24 extinct animals back to life through reconstructing their genomes and then cloning them. Reasons why that plan sucks.

  • Zanesville

    Nathaniel Rich was inspired to write “Zanesville” after hearing the real-life tale of Terry Thompson, who killed himself a few years ago after releasing 56 tigers, bears, lions, wolves, leopards, and monkeys from the animal refuge he ran in Ohio. All...

  • In China, Tigers Are Being Farmed Like Chickens

    Tigers are some of the biggest victims of the wildlife trade, with the rare cats' bones coveted for traditional medicine and their coats prized as rugs. In Vietnam, tiger parts are so valuable that they make better bribes than cash. And in China, they...