Wolves attack two bull elk in Yellowstone National Park. “Le mot juste,” Gustave Flaubert called it, “the right word.” No matter their subject, writers know in their bones that words matter. That is ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Here’s the scoop on what happens when two heavyweights of ...