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

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

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

Chera Hammons on Writing in the Shadow of Violence, Trauma and Revisionist Natural History

By Chera Hammons | June 10, 2026

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

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

“I hope I have made clear tonight that a new spirit is abroad in this land.”

By Carla Baricz and James Kessenides | June 8, 2026

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in June

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in June

From Natural Histories of American Megafauna to Domestic Memoirs of Parenting While Trans, This Month Has Something For Everyone

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How Bees Came to the United States and Changed Our Landscape

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

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What Animal Parents Teach Humans About Care

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Elizabeth Preston on How Humans Are Born to Care for Others

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

On Humanity’s Earliest Attempts
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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

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“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

A Short History of America’s Drowned Towns

A Short History of America’s Drowned Towns

Erin L. McCoy on the Intersection of Misplaced Nostalgia and Environmental Violence That Inspired Her Novel

By Erin L. McCoy | April 24, 2026

Bernd Heinrich on His Life in the Maine Woods

Bernd Heinrich on His Life in the Maine Woods

“It was all like an impossible dream come true.”

By Bernd Heinrich | April 23, 2026

From Birdsong to Sheep’s Eyes: How Nature Helps Us Tell Time

From Birdsong to Sheep’s Eyes: How Nature Helps Us Tell Time

Cathy Haynes Explores the Many Ways One Can Discern the Hour by Paying Attention to the Natural World

By Cathy Haynes | April 23, 2026

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