• Nature

    On The Self

    Haunted Household Objects: What the Material World Can Teach Us About Ourselves

    Katherine Larson on the False Binary Between Humans and Their Surroundings

     
    By Katherine Larson  July 16, 2025
    The Natural World

    Growing Your Wild Garden: On Nature As a Companion, Not a Competitor

    By Richard Mabey  July 15, 2025
    Self-Discovery

    Nature’s Infinite Possibilities: Exploring the World’s Many Ways of Knowing

    By Mari Andrew  July 15, 2025
    The Natural World

    On Killing a Coyote

    By Helen Whybrow  July 7, 2025
    The Hub

    Here’s everything that made us happy this week.

    By Brittany Allen  July 3, 2025
    The Hub

    Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

    By Brittany Allen  June 27, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    The Natural World

    Last Outposts: Rediscovering Hope for Humanity on Norway’s Remote Northern Coast

    By James Rebanks  June 26, 2025
    Women in Science

    Why Field Research Remains an Essential Part of Scientific Inquiry and Inclusion

    By Sarah Boon  June 25, 2025
    Travel

    Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

    By Brittany Allen  June 20, 2025
    Travel

    Black authors’ houses are historically hard to preserve. Here’s why (plus, a few to visit).

    Taking a literary pilgrimage this summer? Visit these historic Black authors' homes.

    By Brittany Allen  July 15, 2025
    The Ocean

    What Submersibles Reveal About the Violent Underbelly of the Human Psyche

    By Matthew Gavin Frank  June 12, 2025
    The Earth

    On the Destruction of the Deep Earth as a Destruction of the Self

    By Justin Hocking  June 11, 2025
    The Natural World

    Writing Nature: The Healing Connection of Space and Spirit

    By Bridget Crocker  June 6, 2025
    Nature Writing

    The World is Alive; or, How Robert Macfarlane Came to Trust His Senses

    Daegan Miller on the Beloved Nature Writer’s Latest Work

    By Daegan Miller  June 5, 2025
    The Natural World

    A Place of Healing: Robin Wall Kimmerer on the Medicinal Plants of the Adirondacks

    By Robin Wall Kimmerer  June 2, 2025
    Wildfires

    When the Sequoias Burn: Inside the Making of a California Megafire

    By Jordan Thomas  May 28, 2025
    Storms

    Writing the Wind: Capturing the Sensation of Life’s Many Storms

    By Catherine Bush  May 28, 2025
    The Natural World

    In Praise of the Inherent Queerness of Nature

    Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian Asks Us to Consider the Possibilities of a More Egalitarian Relationship With the Natural World

    By Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian  May 28, 2025
    Anniversaries

    20 Years of Getting Lost: Rebecca Solnit on the Creative Process of Finding Yourself

    By Rebecca Solnit  May 27, 2025
    Pollution

    How Agricultural Runoff Contaminated One of Iowa’s Main Water Sources

    By Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty  May 27, 2025
    Travel

    Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

    By Brittany Allen  May 16, 2025
    The Natural World

    A Volatile Proposition: Exploring Life Inside Earth’s Most Extreme Environments

    Karen G. Lloyd Reflects on a Risky Journey Into the Crater of Costa Rica’s Poás Volcano

    By Karen G. Lloyd  May 16, 2025
    The Natural World

    What I Learned at My First Tree-Climbing Workshop

    By Marguerite Holloway  May 13, 2025
    Nature

    On Science, Ancient Philosophy, and Re-Enchanting Nature

    By M.D. Usher  May 13, 2025
    Vacations

    A Place of Rugged, Simple Beauty: One Summer in Rural Newfoundland

    By Robert Finch  June 18, 2025
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