Cover Story: Call of the Wild
David Templeton explores all the ways that people can talk with the animals, walk with the animals, even grunt and squeak and squawk with the animals.

News: Race for the Cause
A vast new study attempts to get to the bottom of Marin's high cancer rates.

Presents of Mind: Express your love with gifts that don't take up space.

Critic's Picks: A guide to the week's best arts, theater and music events.

Farewell, My Epidermis: 'The Singing Detective' is remade with Robert Downey Jr. as 'the human pizza.'

Bix Lives: New Geoff Muldaur CD fetes a Jazz Age titan.

In From the Cold: Sassafras is a warm respite from bad office-park juju.

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