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Richard Conniff

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Author, magazine feature & @NYTimes essayist. National Magazine Award. Guggenheim, Sloan Fellowships. #Xdissenter @richardconniff on Bluesky!
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How A Flying Squirrel Made a Fool of Me

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By Richard Conniff
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A southern flying squirrel (Photo: Joel Sartore/National Geographic) In the course of my work for magazines, I have often traveled to distant places and done odd, even foolish things, the better to understand and write about wildlife. Once, for instance, I strapped on climbing gear for the first time in my life, then inched out on a horizontal line across the corner of a climbing wall, 15 feet above a concrete floor, in an attempt to replicate the web-building behavior of spiders.
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Out on a Limb for a Tree Like No Other

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By Richard Conniff
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Collecting seeds from a critically-endangered cliffside tree that is the last known member of its species in the wild. (Photo: ©Gonzalo Roja) “Every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for …” —Thornton Wilder, The Skin of Our Teeth The world these days is full of unsung counterparts to Martha, the last passenger pigeon, and Lonesome George, whose death marked the extinction of the Pinta Island giant tortoise.
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Trump Be Damned, We Can Protect Our Wildlife.

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By Richard Conniff
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Discover more from Richard Conniff’s Substack I write about wildlife, the natural world, and public health, based on my career as an author of books like "The Species Seekers" and "Swimming with Piranhas at Feeding Time," and as a contributor to magazines, television documentaries, and public radio. Over 1,000 subscribers Already have an account? Sign in He induces despair and passivity. Instead, defend nature with fierce determination.
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