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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

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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

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

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

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

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Seven Swims: Omar El Akkad Chronicles a Life In Water

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“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

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

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

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