Natalie Angier | The New York Review of Books

Not Milk?

A new book shows how cow’s milk attained the status of kitchen essential and universal beverage in the United States. But its consumption has been in decline for decades—a trend that nothing seems capable of stopping.

Spoiled: The Myth of Milk as Superfood

by Anne Mendelson

October 19, 2023 issue

Claw & Order

What do we owe nature, and how might we do a better job of coexisting with species that do not exist for our pleasure and sustenance?

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

by Mary Roach

Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World

by Emma Marris

November 4, 2021 issue

Serengeti on the Seine

Europe: A Natural History

by Tim Flannery, with Luigi Boitani

May 9, 2019 issue

Fairness to Cats

On humane approaches to reducing the free-ranging cat population

November 24, 2016 issue

The Killer Cats Are Winning!

Are cats an environmental menace?

Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer

by Peter P. Marra and Chris Santella

September 29, 2016 issue

Letter

The Editors

Clarification

October 13, 2016 issue

Letter

Margaret R. Slater

Fairness to Cats

On humane approaches to reducing the free-ranging cat population

November 24, 2016 issue

The Bear’s Best Friend

Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning)

by Marion Nestle, with a foreword by Mark Bittman and an afterword by Neal Baer

May 12, 2016 issue