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From Birdsong to Sheep’s Eyes: How Nature Helps Us Tell Time

From Birdsong to Sheep’s Eyes: How Nature Helps Us Tell Time

Cathy Haynes Explores the Many Ways One Can Discern the Hour by Paying Attention to the Natural World

By Cathy Haynes | April 23, 2026

On Writing the Hard Truths of Rural American Life

On Writing the Hard Truths of Rural American Life

For Jennifer Acker, Money Troubles Are As Much a Part of Farming As the Weather

By Jennifer Acker | April 13, 2026

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | April 10, 2026

On Learning About the Enslaved Men Who Dug South Carolina’s Lowcountry Canals

On Learning About the Enslaved Men Who Dug South Carolina’s Lowcountry Canals

Virginia McGee Richards on the Building of the New Cut Canal

By Virginia McGee Richards | April 10, 2026

Hitting the road? Here are three recommendations about trips that get out of hand.

Hitting the road? Here are three recommendations about trips that get out of hand.

By James Folta | March 25, 2026

Here’s the shortlist for the 2026 Women’s Prize For Non-Fiction.

Here’s the shortlist for the 2026 Women’s Prize For Non-Fiction.

By James Folta | March 25, 2026

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On a Bet, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Invented the Way We Still Identify Plants

By Jessica Riskin | March 25, 2026

The Origin of Our Species: How Grains and Grasses Fed (and Still Feed) Humankind

By David George Haskell | March 25, 2026

Seven books that expand the conversation around ambivalent parenthood.

By Brittany Allen | March 16, 2026

Six Essential Books About Birds

Six Essential Books About Birds

Eric Wagner Recommends Adam Nicolson, J.A. Baker, Helen Macdonald, and More

By Eric Wagner | March 9, 2026

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | March 6, 2026

Why So Many Women Are Writing About Bears

Why So Many Women Are Writing About Bears

Trina Moyles on Challenging a Canon Long Dominated by Men

By Trina Moyles | March 3, 2026

Terry Tempest Williams on the Plight of the Monarch Butterfly

Terry Tempest Williams on the Plight of the Monarch Butterfly

“Who are we as a species if we allow monarch butterflies, a living symbol of metamorphosis, to cease to exist?”

By Terry Tempest Williams | March 3, 2026

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | February 27, 2026

The Secret Life of the Awabi Abalone

The Secret Life of the Awabi Abalone

“Her shell is her way of feeling and saying it: mother-of-pearl, daughter of water.”

By Mandy-Suzanne Wong | February 23, 2026

The So-Called Tragedy of the English Commons Was Anything But

The So-Called Tragedy of the English Commons Was Anything But

Kate Brown Explores the Intersections of Class and Land Use in 19th-Century Britain

By Kate Brown | February 19, 2026

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