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On the Speed of Animals, Airborne and Earthbound

On the Speed of Animals, Airborne and Earthbound

Vaclav Smil Explains the Three Categories of Animal Mobility

By Vaclav Smil | June 22, 2026

Did You Know That Squids Have Queer Sex at 7,000 Feet Below Sea Level?

Did You Know That Squids Have Queer Sex at 7,000 Feet Below Sea Level?

Perrin Roosevelt Ireland on the Hidden Sex Lives of Cephalopods

By Perrin Roosevelt Ireland | June 15, 2026

What Ancient Writers Understood About Bees

What Ancient Writers Understood About Bees

Jared Marcel Pollen Considers the Roll of the Honeybee in Classical Literature

By Jared Marcel Pollen | June 12, 2026

Has the Time Finally Come for Multispecies Maps?

Has the Time Finally Come for Multispecies Maps?

Ryan Huling on New Innovations in Cartography That Allow Us to Appreciate the Natural World

By Ryan Huling | June 11, 2026

Andrea Wulf Considers the Rare Humanity of an Eighteenth-Century Naturalist

Andrea Wulf Considers the Rare Humanity of an Eighteenth-Century Naturalist

The Remarkable Life and Times of George Forster

By Andrea Wulf | June 11, 2026

The Man Who Killed the Last Eastern Elk in America—And Was Proud of It

The Man Who Killed the Last Eastern Elk in America—And Was Proud of It

Andrew Moore on “The Seneca Bear Hunter” Jim Jacobs and the End of the Wild, Rugged East Coast

By Andrew Moore | June 10, 2026

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“Our Damage Doesn’t Define Us.” What We Owe to the Natural World and Each Other

By Chera Hammons | June 10, 2026

Silent Springs, Windswept Seas: On the Environmental Vision of Rachel Carson

By Carla Baricz and James Kessenides | June 8, 2026

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in June

By Literary Hub | June 2, 2026

How Bees Came to the United States and Changed Our Landscape

How Bees Came to the United States and Changed Our Landscape

Jennie Durant Explores the History of Beekeeping and Its Impact on American Agriculture

By Jennie Durant | May 27, 2026

Lessons in Living in the Anthropocene (From the World’s Most Pessimistic Climate Writer)

Lessons in Living in the Anthropocene (From the World’s Most Pessimistic Climate Writer)

Daegan Miller on the Often Misunderstood Work of Roy Scranton

By Daegan Miller | May 14, 2026

What We Can—and Must—Learn From the Burning of Pacific Palisades

What We Can—and Must—Learn From the Burning of Pacific Palisades

Jonathan Vigliotti on the Lead Up to and Aftermath of the Devastating Fires That Shocked Los Angeles

By Jonathan Vigliotti | May 13, 2026

What Animal Parents Teach Humans About Care

What Animal Parents Teach Humans About Care

Elizabeth Preston on How Humans Are Born to Care for Others

By Elizabeth Preston | May 5, 2026

On Humanity’s Earliest Attempts <br>to Make a Home

On Humanity’s Earliest Attempts
to Make a Home

Stefan Al Considers the Architectural Prowess of Our Prehistoric Ancestors

By Stefan Al | May 1, 2026

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in May

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in May

Including Books by Siri Hustvedt, Zayd Ayers Dohrn, Todd Smith, and More

By Literary Hub | April 30, 2026

“If You See Me, Weep.” And Other Souvenirs of Climate Catastrophe

“If You See Me, Weep.” And Other Souvenirs of Climate Catastrophe

Anna Badkhen on What We Have Lost and What We Will Lose in an Era of Climate Emergency

By Anna Badkhen | April 30, 2026

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