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My White Whale Was a 50-Pound Fish in Martha's Vineyard

My White Whale Was a 50-Pound Fish in Martha's Vineyard

Janet Messineo on the "Post Traumatic Fishing Disorder" After Losing a Big Fish

By Janet Messineo | July 2, 2019

On Peter Matthiessen's Lifelong Fascination with Bigfoot

On Peter Matthiessen's Lifelong Fascination with Bigfoot

Did the Author of The Snow Leopard Have Another
Great Search on His Mind?

By Jeff Wheelwright | July 1, 2019

Meet the Bay Area Butterflies Fighting For Survival

Meet the Bay Area Butterflies Fighting For Survival

But Can They Outlast Development and Drought?

By Nick Haddad | June 25, 2019

Why Does Losing a Pet Hurt So Much?

Why Does Losing a Pet Hurt So Much?

Jacky Colliss Harvey on Our Very Human Grieving of Animal Companions

By Jacky Colliss Harvey | June 20, 2019

The Weirdness, Wonder, and Terror of the Contemporary Zoo

The Weirdness, Wonder, and Terror of the Contemporary Zoo

Molly Reid on the Way We Use Language Changes the Way We See Animals

By Molly Reid | June 19, 2019

Why Are We Driven to Explore the Very Depths of This Earthly Abyss?

Why Are We Driven to Explore the Very Depths of This Earthly Abyss?

Robert Macfarlane on Deep Water Cave-Diving and the Lure of the Void

By Robert Macfarlane | June 18, 2019

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Fathers and Sons: The Things We Talk About to Avoid Talking to Each Other

By Dean Kuipers | June 14, 2019

On Life and Death and the Oldest Living Thing in Pennsylvania

By Barbara Hurd | June 10, 2019

Who Were the Geniuses Who First Domesticated the Wild Honey Bee?

By Thomas D. Seeley | May 24, 2019

Kevin Powers on an Unsung Classic of American <br>Nature Writing

Kevin Powers on an Unsung Classic of American
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Why John Graves’ Goodbye to a River Deserves an
Audience Beyond Its Texan Landscapes

By Kevin Powers | May 23, 2019

How Do the Police in New York City Deal With Animal Cruelty?

How Do the Police in New York City Deal With Animal Cruelty?

On the NYPD's Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad

By Aysha Akhtar, M.D. | May 13, 2019

Birthing Calfs, Writing Novels: This is My Job Now

Birthing Calfs, Writing Novels: This is My Job Now

John Connell on Passing Life's Tests, Big and Small

By John Connell | May 7, 2019

On the Stray Dogs of Mexico City: <br>a History and a Hymn

On the Stray Dogs of Mexico City:
a History and a Hymn

Chloe Aridjis Wanders from the Novels of Juan Rulfo to the Beaches of Oaxaca

By Chloe Aridjis | April 1, 2019

What Will Happen to the World as<br> Life Expectancy Goes Up?

What Will Happen to the World as
Life Expectancy Goes Up?

The Population Bomb, Redux

By Paul Morland | April 1, 2019

Spring: A Brief History of<br> a Beautiful Word

Spring: A Brief History of
a Beautiful Word

On the Protean Etymology of This Season of Marvels

By William Bryant Logan | April 1, 2019

Barry Lopez on the Hard Question of Humanity's Survival

Barry Lopez on the Hard Question of Humanity's Survival

Thoughts on Life from a Remote Arctic Island

By Barry Lopez | March 20, 2019

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