For a wild octopus yearning to stretch her arms beyond impassable blades of Astroturf and glide off into the depths of the Pacific, any farm is a factory farm. And by positing itself as an octo-friend, a champion of the seas, an environmental savior, Hawaii's octopus farm obscures its role in building this new industrial machine and setting us on an uncharted course we can’t ever come back from.
(By Laura Lee Cascada / Photos by Alysoun Mahoney) These caterpillars sure are hungry. And they've struck gold, munching their way through an all-you-can-eat milkweed buffet. But many others aren't so lucky. On a beautiful plot of land in Virginia, these two were seen plumping themselves up, preparing to blossom into the striking orange-and-black butterflies … Continue reading Why Are Millions of These Caterpillars So Hungry?
