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April 2021
Features
The Promise of Oklahoma
How the push for statehood led a beacon of racial progress to oppression and violence
American Terror
Confronting the murderous attack on the most prosperous black community in the nation
The Wolf That Discovered the Golden State
Nearly a century after wolves were exterminated in California, an intrepid female founded a pack in Lassen County. Conservationists are thrilled. Ranchers are not
Shining Star
In Ecuador, wildlife awaits discovery in a burgeoning nature preserve
How Mrs. Edge Saved the Birds
Meet a forgotten hero of our natural world whose brave campaign to protect birds charted a new course for the environmental movement
Departments
A New Mosaic
A well-curated exhibition makes the unknown feel familiar—and reveals the unexpected
But Is It Still Avant-Garde?
Decades after she painted this canvas, a new show reconsiders a misunderstood Swiss artist
Listening to the Fishes
Scientists once thought marine life kept quiet. Then the Navy tapped a gifted biologist with an open mind
Leapfrogging Extinction
A small band of resilient amphibians is helping save their species from oblivion
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