Nature Isn’t Really Healing
Some animals have benefited from pandemic lockdowns. Others, not so much.
As the coronavirus pandemic took hold last spring and people around the world went into lockdown, a certain type of news story started to spring up—the idea that, in the absence of people, nature was returning to a healthier, more pristine state. There were viral (and fake) reports of dolphins in the canals of Venice, Italy, and pumas in the streets in Santiago, Chile. But that the true effect of suddenly removing people from so many environments has turned out to be much more
