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“Polar bears represent a livelihood for the people of Churchill.”

A New Mosaic • A WELL-CURATED EXHIBITION MAKES THE UNKNOWN FEEL FAMILIAR—AND REVEALS THE UNEXPECTED

Game On • A tip of the cap to the nation’s crowning accessory

Inside Béisbol • A NEW EXHIBIT ABOUT LATINO BALLPLAYERS COVERS ALL THE BASES

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

Military Mammals • U.S. AND SOVIET EFFORTS TO TRAIN DOLPHINS AND SEA LIONS FOR STEALTH MISSIONS MET WITH MIXED SUCCESS

REED MY LIPS • How the world’s handiest instrument took over American music

Leapfrogging Extinction • A small band of resilient amphibians is helping save their species from oblivion

Don’t Be Puzzled • YOU CAN FIND EIGHT ANSWERS IN THESE PAGES

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 Heart of Black Tulsa • A view of the thriving Greenwood district 100 years ago, around the time it was attacked by a white mob

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

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