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"Endlessly Fascinating But Rarely Observed": Inside the Hidden World of Cockroaches

Steve Nicholls Explores the Endearing Side of a Much-Maligned Pest

By Steve Nicholls | August 18, 2023

Reading Robert McCloskey’s Maine Trilogy as an Antidote to Climate Change Despair

Reading Robert McCloskey’s Maine Trilogy as an Antidote to Climate Change Despair

“I once again reach for these stories, and remember that we exist in a chain of forces that must be—and can be—respected.”

By Ethan Warren | August 16, 2023

When the Earth Started to Sing

When the Earth Started to Sing

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | August 7, 2023

Campbell McGrath on Reading Poetry Aloud

Campbell McGrath on Reading Poetry Aloud

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | August 4, 2023

When Predator Becomes Prey: Why Sharks Need Protection From Humans

When Predator Becomes Prey: Why Sharks Need Protection From Humans

Greg Skomal and Ret Talbot on America's Cultural Obsession With the Great White Shark

By Greg Skomal and Ret Talbot | July 26, 2023

Keggie Carew on How Humans Are Just Another Species

Keggie Carew on How Humans Are Just Another Species

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 26, 2023

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A Transformative Moment in the History of Fishing: On Catching the Largest Tuna Ever Recorded

By Karen Pinchin | July 25, 2023

Do Octopuses Dream of Elusive Crabs?

By David Scheel | July 24, 2023

The World’s Garbage Can: On the Human Consequences of Mass Export of Waste

By Oliver Franklin-Wallis | July 21, 2023

Who. That. It. How We Speak About and For Animals

Who. That. It. How We Speak About and For Animals

Keggie Carew Considers the Ways Language Informs Our Perceptions of the Natural World

By Keggie Carew | July 19, 2023

A Paradise of Birds: The Puffins of the Remote Island of Skellig Michael

A Paradise of Birds: The Puffins of the Remote Island of Skellig Michael

Robert L. Harris on Communication with His Avian Neighbors

By Robert L. Harris | July 18, 2023

From One Into Many: On the Science of Starling Murmurations

From One Into Many: On the Science of Starling Murmurations

Giorgio Parisi Considers Practical Applications of Theoretical Physics

By Giorgio Parisi | July 17, 2023

Year-Long Insomnia: Why Black Bears Have Stopped Hibernating

Year-Long Insomnia: Why Black Bears Have Stopped Hibernating

Gloria Dickie on the Impact of Climate Change on Bear Behavior in North America

By Gloria Dickie | July 12, 2023

Patrick Dean on America’s “First” Great Naturalist, Mark Catesby

Patrick Dean on America’s “First” Great Naturalist, Mark Catesby

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 6, 2023

Wade Davis on the British Desire to Conquer the “Third Pole,” Mount Everest

Wade Davis on the British Desire to Conquer the “Third Pole,” Mount Everest

In Conversation with Razia Iqbal on Baillie Gifford’s Read Smart Podcast

By Read Smart | July 5, 2023

Nate Halverson on the Chilling Plot to Grab the World’s Food and Water Resources

Nate Halverson on the Chilling Plot to Grab the World’s Food and Water Resources

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 5, 2023

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