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Inside the Inferno: Revisiting Southern California’s First Wildfire of 2025

Inside the Inferno: Revisiting Southern California’s First Wildfire of 2025

Jacob Soboroff Chronicles the Destruction Wrought by the Eaton Canyon and Palisades Fires

By Jacob Soboroff | January 8, 2026

How Los Angeles and Chicago Came to Appreciate Their Coyote Neighbors

How Los Angeles and Chicago Came to Appreciate Their Coyote Neighbors

Dan Flores Considers Our Changing Attitudes Towards Urban Wildlife

By Dan Flores | January 8, 2026

Feather By Feather: On Life, Death, and Birding

Feather By Feather: On Life, Death, and Birding

“I don’t know if I believe in signs. But in that moment, I needed one.”

By Farah Naz Rishi | January 5, 2026

Why Clearing Stormfall <br>With a Chainsaw is a Lot Like Writing Prose

Why Clearing Stormfall
With a Chainsaw is a Lot Like Writing Prose

Claire Thompson Considers the Unlikely Physicality
of Writing (on a Good Day)

By Claire Thompson | December 22, 2025

On Henry David Thoreau’s Ultimate Instrument of Perception, the “Kalendar”

On Henry David Thoreau’s Ultimate Instrument of Perception, the “Kalendar”

Kristen Case Explores Thoreau’s Meticulous Tracking of Natural Phenomena

By Kristen Case | December 17, 2025

Nobody Knows Why the Caribou Are Disappearing

Nobody Knows Why the Caribou Are Disappearing

Neil Shea Explores the Impact of a Vanishing Arctic Species on Canada’s First Nations Communities

By Neil Shea | December 15, 2025

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Outdoor Manual: Benjamin Wood on Taking It Outside

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Iida Turpeinen on Exploring Our Relationship With the Natural World Through Fiction

Iida Turpeinen on Exploring Our Relationship With the Natural World Through Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Beasts of the Sea

By Jane Ciabattari | November 18, 2025

Caught Between Empires: On the Fate of the Amur Tiger

Caught Between Empires: On the Fate of the Amur Tiger

“For 170 years, tiger numbers have fallen and risen on both sides of the border as feelings toward these creatures have evolved...”

By Jonathan C. Slaght | November 14, 2025

Birding on the Beach: Why Fall and Winter Are Great Times to Bird Watch

Birding on the Beach: Why Fall and Winter Are Great Times to Bird Watch

Ryan Goldberg on the Migratory Birds that Flock to Fort Tilden During the Colder Months

By Ryan Goldberg | November 4, 2025

“We Call Them Vampires.” Studying Bats in the Jungles of Belize

“We Call Them Vampires.” Studying Bats in the Jungles of Belize

Yossi Yovel Explores the Natural Habitat of a Blood Sucking Mammal

By Yossi Yovel | October 31, 2025

On Zombie Ants, Parasitic Fungus, and the Violent Legacy of Anti-Blackness

On Zombie Ants, Parasitic Fungus, and the Violent Legacy of Anti-Blackness

Maria Pinto Considers the Striking Parallels Between the Human and the Natural Worlds

By Maria Pinto | October 31, 2025

Rediscovering the Lost Arts of the English Woodlands

Rediscovering the Lost Arts of the English Woodlands

James Fox on the Thankless Job of the Chiltern Hills Woodsmen

By James Fox | October 29, 2025

Murder, Polar Bears, and Arctic Hurricanes: The Many Twists and Turns of a 2008 Whaling Research Expedition

Murder, Polar Bears, and Arctic Hurricanes: The Many Twists and Turns of a 2008 Whaling Research Expedition

“All efforts were futile. We were merely spectators to the ways of nature.”

By Jeff Wilser | October 28, 2025

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