The feeling of existential loss was long thought to be uniquely human. But studies of coyotes, cockatoos and other creatures are prompting some scientists to reconsider.
The ecologist Eric W. Sanderson surveys the historical landscape of New York in a new book that, at 900,000 words, is as massive as the city it chronicles.
Eric W. Sanderson, a man in his habitat, told the story of Manhattan more than a decade ago. His new book, “Before New York,” takes the measure of the city in full, from its earliest days.
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