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5 great bug books to read while you’re hiding from the cicada explosion.

5 great bug books to read while you’re hiding from the cicada explosion.

By James Folta | May 15, 2024

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

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

Fiona Warnick on the Question of What Is Worth Documenting

By Fiona Warnick | May 9, 2024

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

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

Kenn Kaufman on the Processes of Artistic Collaboration and Imitation

By Kenn Kaufman | May 9, 2024

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

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

Angie Sijun Lou Considers the Many Conceptions of Time

By Angie Sijun Lou | May 8, 2024

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

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

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

By Lucy McKeon | May 7, 2024

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

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Earth? Really? On Why Aliens Would Probably Skip Visiting Our Planet

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Lisa Kaltenegger Considers Carl Sagan, Alien Equations, and How Sci-Fi Can Help Us Imagine Extraterrestrial Life

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What Do You Get When You Cross the Contemporary Novel with Nature Writing?

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Susan Murphy Roshi on Earth as Koan

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Jenny Odell on Reading the Rocks

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Lily Kelting on Holy Terroir

Lily Kelting on Holy Terroir

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“She’s Bouncing the Ball!” On the Uncanny Way Octopuses Play

“She’s Bouncing the Ball!” On the Uncanny Way Octopuses Play

David Toomey on the Intelligent and Curious Nature of Our Favorite Cephalopods

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