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“Its eyes were as large as a dinner plate...” Encounters with Dragons in Early America

“Its eyes were as large as a dinner plate...” Encounters with Dragons in Early America

When Local Newspapers Reported on Harrowing Encounters with Large Winged Reptiles

By Scott G. Bruce | October 18, 2021

“Unknitting Despair.” Catherine Bush on Reciprocity, Care, and Ecological Loss

“Unknitting Despair.” Catherine Bush on Reciprocity, Care, and Ecological Loss

This Week From the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | October 18, 2021

A Compendium of Literary Ravens

A Compendium of Literary Ravens

Angus Hyland and Caroline Roberts Catalogue the Corvids of Aesop, Dickens, and More

By Angus Hyland and Caroline Roberts | October 15, 2021

Searching for the Elusive Sound of Silence in the Olympic Peninsula’s Hoh Rain Forest

Searching for the Elusive Sound of Silence in the Olympic Peninsula’s Hoh Rain Forest

Phillip Hurst on the Quest for Inner Peace in the Wake of His Father’s Conservative Ideology

By Phillip Hurst | October 14, 2021

On the Women Who Succeeded in the “Man’s World” of Mountaineering

On the Women Who Succeeded in the “Man’s World” of Mountaineering

Katie Ives on Jean Crenshaw and Helen Kilness, the Women Behind Summit Magazine

By Katie Ives | October 14, 2021

The Primordial Pull of the Truffle, That “Holy of Holies”

The Primordial Pull of the Truffle, That “Holy of Holies”

Rowan Jacobsen on the Ever-Elusive Scent of the Captivating Mushroom

By Rowan Jacobsen | October 7, 2021

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How the Word “Landscape” Helped Change Americans' Relationship to Nature

By Tyler Green | October 7, 2021

How Did Kansas Become Ground Zero For the Imminent Water Crisis?

By Lucas Bessire | October 6, 2021

Jack Dash and Luke Swenson on Ecologies that Resist Borders

By Emergence Magazine | October 4, 2021

The best kind of library is a koala library.

The best kind of library is a koala library.

By Walker Caplan | October 1, 2021

Kinari Webb on Her Quest to Heal the World

Kinari Webb on Her Quest to Heal the World

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 1, 2021

New and Noteworthy Nonfiction to Read This October

New and Noteworthy Nonfiction to Read This October

Recommended Reading from Lit Hub Staff

By Literary Hub | September 30, 2021

Katharine Hayhoe on Having a New Conversation About Climate Change

Katharine Hayhoe on Having a New Conversation About Climate Change

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 30, 2021

Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Science, Technology, and Nature Books

Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Science, Technology, and Nature Books

Featuring Law-Breaking Animals, Mystery Illnesses, a History of the Heart, and More

By Book Marks | September 30, 2021

Frances Hodgson Burnett Really Loved Gardens—Even Secret Ones

Frances Hodgson Burnett Really Loved Gardens—Even Secret Ones

“As long as you have a garden you have a future.”

By Marta McDowell | September 29, 2021

How Can Natural Soundscapes Provide a Refuge from Our Hyper-Stimulated World?

How Can Natural Soundscapes Provide a Refuge from Our Hyper-Stimulated World?

Bernie Krause on the Healing Powers of Quietude, the Ba’Aka tribe, and Japanese Forest Bathing

By Bernie Krause | September 28, 2021

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