FEATURES
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Impostor Fish
Misnaming seafood isn’t just a ripoff. It’s a global phenomenon
that’s wreaking havoc on ocean conservation.
By Douglas Fox

The Most Popular Lifestyle on Earth
Forget lions, tigers, and sharks. The billions of tiny parasites that
make a living castrating and brainwashing their hosts may be the
new kings of the food web.
By Carl Zimmer

The Sterile Banana
As uniformity replaces diversity, some of your favorite fruits could
be on the cusp of extinction.
By Fred Pearce

INNOVATIONS

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Hold That Thought
Tiny neurologger records brain waves as animals navigate habitat

Spot On
Facial-recognition technology picks individual animals out of a crowd

Low-Gas Grass
Genetically modified grass could cut greenhouse emissions from cows

Robofish
Underwater droids monitor whales, track pollution, and map sea caves

Seeing-Eye Seals
Elephant seals carry sensors deep below the Antarctic ice

LIGHTEN UP
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Cartoons by Mike Williams Print Only

ESSAY
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The Nature of Pain Print Only
by Thomas Eisner

NUMBERS IN CONTEXT
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Environmental Refugee Crisis
The total number of natural disasters has quadrupled in the past two decades

JOURNAL WATCH

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Closing in on a lion killer
Climate spurs early migration
People flock to protected areas
Penguins act as global sentinels
Tiger bones in high demand
Bird diversity slows West Nile
An unlikely ally for leatherbacks
Ecotourism’s toll on biodiversity
Birds listen for nest sites
Fish rebound in no-take zones

BOOK MARKS

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Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity
Tuna: A Love Story
The Super Organism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies
The Endless City
Ichthyo: The Architecture of Fish

THINK AGAIN

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Foreclosure Fish
By Debora MacKenzie