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Kill the Pet, Kill the Book’s Rating: The Perils of Writing Dogs in Fiction

Kill the Pet, Kill the Book’s Rating: The Perils of Writing Dogs in Fiction

Clare Pooley on Reviewers’ Tendency to Punish Novels with Dead Canines

By Clare Pooley | June 12, 2024

A Fundamental Boundary: What the Mississippi River Means to America

A Fundamental Boundary: What the Mississippi River Means to America

Boyce Upholt on the Meaning and Use of Rivers and Other Waterways

By Boyce Upholt | June 11, 2024

Akuna Robinson on Going the Distance

Akuna Robinson on Going the Distance

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Matt Gallagher on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 6, 2024

Marko Milovanovic and Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee on Time

Marko Milovanovic and Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee on Time

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | June 5, 2024

What It’s Like to Encounter a Shark When You’re Sailing Alone on the Open Ocean

What It’s Like to Encounter a Shark When You’re Sailing Alone on the Open Ocean

Richard J. King Tells Some Legendary Tales of Sailor-Meets-Ancient Oceanic Predator

By Richard J. King | May 31, 2024

Ersin Han Ersin on Making the Invisible Visible

Ersin Han Ersin on Making the Invisible Visible

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | May 22, 2024

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Solving the Mystery of the Dancing Honey Bees

By Thomas D. Seeley | May 17, 2024

5 great bug books to read while you’re hiding from the cicada explosion.

By James Folta | May 15, 2024

Why You Should Keep a Garden Journal (Even if You Don’t Have a Garden)

By Fiona Warnick | May 9, 2024

John James Audubon Had More Than a Little Help With Those Bird Paintings

John James Audubon Had More Than a Little Help With Those Bird Paintings

Kenn Kaufman on the Processes of Artistic Collaboration and Imitation

By Kenn Kaufman | May 9, 2024

Soil As Archive: On the Work of Recognizing Alternate Forms of Sentience

Soil As Archive: On the Work of Recognizing Alternate Forms of Sentience

Angie Sijun Lou Considers the Many Conceptions of Time

By Angie Sijun Lou | May 8, 2024

Floral Consciousness: Zoë Schlanger on What the Intelligence of Plants Can Teach Us About Ourselves

Floral Consciousness: Zoë Schlanger on What the Intelligence of Plants Can Teach Us About Ourselves

Lucy McKeon Talks to the Author of “The Light Eaters”

By Lucy McKeon | May 7, 2024

How a Multitude of Voices Can Broaden Our Understanding of the Natural World

How a Multitude of Voices Can Broaden Our Understanding of the Natural World

Rebecca Kormos on the Changing Face of Nature and Climate Narratives

By Rebecca Kormos | May 2, 2024

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

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