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THE PARROT SAID NO.
New Zealand’s critically endangered kākāpō population has reached 325, after a record 90 chicks joined the official count this season. The recovery program began in 1995 with just 51 birds. Extremely round bird: still here.
DINNER. YOUR PRICE.
A one-day idea from Mexico City restaurant Masala y Maíz grew into a global event with 100 restaurants in 14 countries signed on, while staff kept their normal wages and tips. The radical business innovation: trust people.
HUNTING SKILLS. NEW MISSION.
In Nigeria’s Omo Forest Reserve, former hunters are using the tracking skills they once used to hunt wildlife to find snares and help stop poaching instead. Redemption arc: operational.
RELEASE DAY. TEARS INVOLVED.
Crush, a loggerhead found cold-stunned and nearly lifeless on a Jersey beach in January, spent months in rehabilitation before being flown to the Azores, fitted with a satellite tag, and released back into the Atlantic. Good turtle. Good humans. Everybody go home.
ALL THREE STEPS, THEIRS.
At Colorado’s Aspen Backcountry Marathon, Brier Youngfleish won the race outright — and women finished first, second and third overall. The overall podium was all women. That’s the whole post.
SPIN CYCLE, STORY TIME.
Laundromats are becoming tiny literacy hubs, with children’s books and family reading spaces turning wash-cycle downtime into reading time. Apparently the spin cycle comes with a library card now.