When Dead Whales Are Good Whales

from Nautilus Humans Are Overzealous Whale Morticians We hastily dispose of dead whales, ignoring the ecological significance of their carcasses BY BEN GOLDFARB When, at the dawn of the 19th century, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark traversed western North America, they encountered a wondrous bestiary: the “fleet and delicately formed” coyote, the “bear of enormous […]