How an Icelandic Bird Led to the Discovery of Human-Caused Extinction

How an Icelandic Bird Led to the Discovery of Human-Caused Extinction

Gísli Pálsson on the Undersung Work of the Naturalists John Wolley and Alfred Newton

By Gísli Pálsson | February 7, 2024

Why We Anthropomorphize Animals (and Always Have)

Why We Anthropomorphize Animals (and Always Have)

Hana Videen on the Origins of the Bestiary and Its Role in the Medieval Imagination

By Hana Videen | February 6, 2024

Rick Bass on What Hunting Taught Hemingway About Writing

Rick Bass on What Hunting Taught Hemingway About Writing

”Death, and learning how to end a story: again, the woods made him into a writer.”

By Rick Bass | February 2, 2024

Seeds of Reciprocity

Seeds of Reciprocity

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | January 31, 2024

Manjula Martin on Chronicling a World in Constant Turmoil

Manjula Martin on Chronicling a World in Constant Turmoil

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Last Fire Season”

By Jane Ciabattari | January 23, 2024

Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee on Remembering Earth

Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee on Remembering Earth

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By Emergence Magazine | January 22, 2024

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Lightning and Land Ablaze: The Primal Terror of Living in Wildfire Country

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Motherhood and the Moon: On Liminal States of Change and Uncertainty

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Rebecca Solnit on Meghann Riepenhoff’s Cyanotype Prints Made in Freezing Landscapes

Rebecca Solnit on Meghann Riepenhoff’s Cyanotype Prints Made in Freezing Landscapes

“The processes of photography were liquid for most of the medium’s history...”

By Rebecca Solnit and Meghann Riepenhoff | December 13, 2023

Colonizing Plants: How Bougainvillea Conquered the World

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Shahnaz Habib on the Relationship Between Colonialism, Natural Science and Travel

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Walden, Freestyled: Reimagining and Reclaiming What It Means to Be Black in Nature

Walden, Freestyled: Reimagining and Reclaiming What It Means to Be Black in Nature

Edward Moreta Jr. on White Western Nature Writing, JID's 29 (Freestyle), and Longing for Black Representation in Wild Settings

By Edward Moreta Jr. | December 4, 2023

“The Status Quo is Not an Option...” John Vaillant on Our Climate Future

“The Status Quo is Not an Option...” John Vaillant on Our Climate Future

Alex Clark on the 2023 Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction

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Kerri ní Dochartaigh on How Motherhood Taught Her About Mammalhood

Kerri ní Dochartaigh on How Motherhood Taught Her About Mammalhood

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