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How Did African Hippos End Up in Colombia?

How Did African Hippos End Up in Colombia?

On Pablo Escobar's Failed Menagerie

By Lucy Cooke | April 17, 2018

At the Edge of the Woods: Why Writers Need Wilderness

At the Edge of the Woods: Why Writers Need Wilderness

The Forest is Full of Stories

By Nick Ripatrazone | April 11, 2018

Music and My Father

Music and My Father

Gabrielle Bellot on Growing Up Between the Silence and the Sound

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 10, 2018

Why Cities Are Teeming With Exotic Wildlife More Than Ever

Why Cities Are Teeming With Exotic Wildlife More Than Ever

From Coyotes to Turkeys: Animals Finding Sanctuary in the Urban Jungle

By Menno Schilthuizen | March 30, 2018

How Polar Explorer Ernest Shackleton Became an International Celebrity

How Polar Explorer Ernest Shackleton Became an International Celebrity

Glorifying Disaster in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration

By Edward J. Larson | March 16, 2018

Did Thoreau Actually Live on Walden Pond?

Did Thoreau Actually Live on Walden Pond?

"A Lake is the Landscape’s Most Beautiful and Expressive Feature"

By Robert Thorson | March 12, 2018

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Wilder Things: Modern Life Among the Foxes and Coyotes

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Appalachia Isn't the Reason We're Living in Trump Country

Elizabeth Catte on the Myths Shaping the Region, and Who Profits from Them

By Elizabeth Catte | February 8, 2018

In Awe of Seabirds at the Edge of the World

In Awe of Seabirds at the Edge of the World

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By Adam Nicolson | February 7, 2018

How to Read Caves

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The Half-Wild Muse: On Writers and Their Cats

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Why Do We Fear Wolves?

Why Do We Fear Wolves?

Throughout History, They've Been Made to Answer for the Sins of Men

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Can an Artist Help Captive Elephants Win Legal Personhood?

Can an Artist Help Captive Elephants Win Legal Personhood?

On Photographer Colleen Plumb's Collaboration with the Nonhuman Rights Project

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Laura Ingalls Wilder and One of The Greatest Natural Disasters in American History

Laura Ingalls Wilder and One of The Greatest Natural Disasters in American History

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