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Do Octopuses Dream of Elusive Crabs?

Do Octopuses Dream of Elusive Crabs?

David Scheel on the Sleep Patterns of Cephalopods

By David Scheel | July 24, 2023

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

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

Oliver Franklin-Wallis Explores the Outsourcing of Trash

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

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

By Keen On | July 6, 2023

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

By Read Smart | July 5, 2023

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

By Keen On | July 5, 2023

10 Nonfiction Books to Read This July

10 Nonfiction Books to Read This July

John McPhee, Terrance Hayes, Richard Wagamese, and More

By Jonny Diamond | June 30, 2023

Gentrification’s Constant Gardener: Natalie Beach on Finding Herself in South Brooklyn’s Gardens

Gentrification’s Constant Gardener: Natalie Beach on Finding Herself in South Brooklyn’s Gardens

“What else to do with an excess of feelings but give yourself room to grow?”

By Natalie Beach | June 29, 2023

Christian Cooper on Finding Freedom in a Lifelong Love of Birds

Christian Cooper on Finding Freedom in a Lifelong Love of Birds

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 27, 2023

Roger Ballen on the Existential Ecological Psychodrama of the Destruction of African Wildlife

Roger Ballen on the Existential Ecological Psychodrama of the Destruction of African Wildlife

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 27, 2023

Seven Swims: Omar El Akkad Chronicles a Life In Water

Seven Swims: Omar El Akkad Chronicles a Life In Water

“The sense of drowning comes with a clarity of sorts: you get to know intimately, if only for a few seconds.”

By Omar El Akkad | June 16, 2023

How Colorado Became Ground Zero For Hemp Production

How Colorado Became Ground Zero For Hemp Production

Finn Murphy on the Growth of a New Cash Crop in the Mountain West

By Finn Murphy | June 14, 2023

Peter Gleick on the Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and Hopeful Future of Water

Peter Gleick on the Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and Hopeful Future of Water

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 14, 2023

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