The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

by Elizabeth Kolbert

That night it poured, and in my coffinlike hammock I had vivid, troubled dreams, the only scene from which I could later recall was of a bright yellow frog smoking a cigarette through a holder.

The frog-hunting expedition I took with Edgardo Griffith was incredible – one of the most memorable experiences of my reporting career. But that night in the claustrophobic, rain-soaked hammock also felt like one of the longest of my life!