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What a Young John Muir Learned In the Wisconsin Wilderness

What a Young John Muir Learned In the Wisconsin Wilderness

Amanda Bellows on the Scottish-Born Naturalist’s Early Years in the United States

By Amanda Bellows | June 14, 2024

Kill the Pet, Kill the Book’s Rating: The Perils of Writing Dogs in Fiction

Kill the Pet, Kill the Book’s Rating: The Perils of Writing Dogs in Fiction

Clare Pooley on Reviewers’ Tendency to Punish Novels with Dead Canines

By Clare Pooley | June 12, 2024

A Fundamental Boundary: What the Mississippi River Means to America

A Fundamental Boundary: What the Mississippi River Means to America

Boyce Upholt on the Meaning and Use of Rivers and Other Waterways

By Boyce Upholt | June 11, 2024

Akuna Robinson on Going the Distance

Akuna Robinson on Going the Distance

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Matt Gallagher on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 6, 2024

Marko Milovanovic and Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee on Time

Marko Milovanovic and Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee on Time

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

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What It’s Like to Encounter a Shark When You’re Sailing Alone on the Open Ocean

What It’s Like to Encounter a Shark When You’re Sailing Alone on the Open Ocean

Richard J. King Tells Some Legendary Tales of Sailor-Meets-Ancient Oceanic Predator

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Why You Should Keep a Garden Journal (Even if You Don’t Have a Garden)

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Fiona Warnick on the Question of What Is Worth Documenting

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John James Audubon Had More Than a Little Help With Those Bird Paintings

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Soil As Archive: On the Work of Recognizing Alternate Forms of Sentience

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Angie Sijun Lou Considers the Many Conceptions of Time

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Floral Consciousness: Zoë Schlanger on What the Intelligence of Plants Can Teach Us About Ourselves

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Lucy McKeon Talks to the Author of “The Light Eaters”

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How a Multitude of Voices Can Broaden Our Understanding of the Natural World

How a Multitude of Voices Can Broaden Our Understanding of the Natural World

Rebecca Kormos on the Changing Face of Nature and Climate Narratives

By Rebecca Kormos | May 2, 2024

How P.T. Barnum Brought Beluga Whales to New York City

How P.T. Barnum Brought Beluga Whales to New York City

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By Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy | April 25, 2024

“We are Here.” On Rediscovering Safety and Beauty in the Wonders of Nature

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