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How to Get Bitten by a Black Mamba
For anyone working in natural areas across sub-Saharan Africa, mambas are one of those deep, abiding terrors you try not…
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Christmas Laundry
One autumn, many years ago now, my family moved out of our beloved old house into a temporary rental near the beach. All our worldly goods were…
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IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT POLLINATORS
BY RICHARD CONNIFF At dinner last night, I had an avocado and jalapeño salad. (Great salad. Details in the comment section.) I was aware of my debt…
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WHEN SPECIES DIE, SO DO PEOPLE
BY RICHARD CONNIFF All of us—by which I mean you and me, too—have an unfortunate tendency to shrug off bad news about the natural world. You know…
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The Pleasures & Perils of an African Safari
by Richard Conniff For people lucky enough to afford it, an African safari is the trip of a lifetime. I first experienced it in 1997, on a…
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My Latest Books
Ending Epidemics (2023)
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The Species Seekers (2010)
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Swimming with Piranhas at Feeding Time (2009)
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House of Lost Worlds (2016)
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