How P.T. Barnum Brought Beluga Whales to New York City

How P.T. Barnum Brought Beluga Whales to New York City

Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy on Museum Ethics and Animal Welfare in 19th Century America

By Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy | April 25, 2024

“We are Here.” On Rediscovering Safety and Beauty in the Wonders of Nature

“We are Here.” On Rediscovering Safety and Beauty in the Wonders of Nature

Aimee Nezhukumatathil Considers the South Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher

By Aimee Nezhukumatathil | April 22, 2024

Read Smart on Gardens Past and Present

Read Smart on Gardens Past and Present

In Conversation with Razia Iqbal on the Baillie Gifford Prize Podcast, Read Smart

By Read Smart | April 22, 2024

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

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

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

By Lisa Kaltenegger | April 16, 2024

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

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

Fiona Williams on Using Every Literary Tool Available to Us

By Fiona Williams | April 10, 2024

Susan Murphy Roshi on Earth as Koan

Susan Murphy Roshi on Earth as Koan

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | April 3, 2024

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Earth, Head, and Heart: Six Deeply Researched Eco-Memoirs

By Greg Wrenn | March 27, 2024

Jenny Odell on Reading the Rocks

By Emergence Magazine | March 27, 2024

Lily Kelting on Holy Terroir

By Emergence Magazine | March 20, 2024

“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

By David Toomey | March 18, 2024

“So Boundless an Affluence of Sublime Mountain Beauty...” When John Muir First Encountered Yosemite

“So Boundless an Affluence of Sublime Mountain Beauty...” When John Muir First Encountered Yosemite

Dean King on the Great American Wanderer’s Experience of the Sierra Nevadas

By Dean King | March 14, 2024

Secrets in Amber: How Trees Help Preserve Essential Prehistory

Secrets in Amber: How Trees Help Preserve Essential Prehistory

Daniel Lewis on the Millennia-Long History of Insects, and What It Can Teach Us

By Daniel Lewis | March 14, 2024

The Birds of Northern Manhattan: On Vanishing Human and Non-Human Habitats

The Birds of Northern Manhattan: On Vanishing Human and Non-Human Habitats

Emily Raboteau Considers the Intersections of Climate Change and Gentrification

By Emily Raboteau | March 13, 2024

Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee is Enraptured with Earth

Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee is Enraptured with Earth

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | March 13, 2024

Lost Boys: On a Hidden Fraternity of the Forsaken in the American West

Lost Boys: On a Hidden Fraternity of the Forsaken in the American West

Jim Mangan and Judith Freeman Chronicle Everyday Life in a Disintegrating Community

By Judith Freeman and Jim Mangan | March 4, 2024

The Crooked Timber of the Mind: On the Rise of “Autojournalism”

The Crooked Timber of the Mind: On the Rise of “Autojournalism”

Robert Moor Reads Matthew J.C. Clark’s “Bjarki, Not Bjarki”

By Robert Moor | February 27, 2024

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