This story appears in the February 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. Bob enjoys breakfasts of caviar, dips in his own saltwater pool, and biweekly foot massages on the beach. A charmed life, ...

Nathan (Nate) Rott is a correspondent on NPR's Science Desk, where he reports on the natural world and humanity's relationship to it. Since coming to NPR in 2013, Rott has worked on the network's ...