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Seeing in the Dark: On Bats as Companions, Protectors and Muses

Seeing in the Dark: On Bats as Companions, Protectors and Muses

Vanessa Chakour Considers the Essential Role of These Much-Maligned Flying Mammals

By Vanessa Chakour | September 24, 2024

Earth is about to get a second moon... but what will it mean for the lit world?

Earth is about to get a second moon... but what will it mean for the lit world?

By James Folta | September 23, 2024

How to Pay Attention: On the Value of Stillness and Silence in All Seasons

How to Pay Attention: On the Value of Stillness and Silence in All Seasons

Margaret Renkl Encourages Us to Explore the Wild, Wonderful World of Our Backyards

By Margaret Renkl | September 23, 2024

Close Encounters of Animal Kind: On the Porous Urban Boundaries Between Predator and Prey

Close Encounters of Animal Kind: On the Porous Urban Boundaries Between Predator and Prey

Christopher Brown Explores Our Complex Relationships With the Wild Creatures That Share Our Urban Space

By Christopher Brown | September 18, 2024

Documenting Shifting Landscapes with Kalyanee Mam

Documenting Shifting Landscapes with Kalyanee Mam

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | September 11, 2024

Fashionably Monochrome Mammals: On the Pleasures of Watching Skunks

Fashionably Monochrome Mammals: On the Pleasures of Watching Skunks

Sharman Apt Russell Encourages Us to Explore the Wild World Waiting in Our Backyards

By Sharman Apt Russell | September 4, 2024

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A Kind of Arctic Madness: On Christiane Ritter’s Essential Memoir of the Far North

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Taking the Long View: Why There Might Still Be Hope For the Earth’s Oceans

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Words of No Syllables: How Animals Bond With Their Human Caretakers

Words of No Syllables: How Animals Bond With Their Human Caretakers

Rosamund Young on Caring for Cows, Sheep and Other Four-Legged Friends

By Rosamund Young | August 14, 2024

Do Dolphins Give Each Other... Names?

Do Dolphins Give Each Other... Names?

Arik Kershenbaum on What It Means When Dolphins Whistle To Each Other

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Jasmin Graham on Understanding Sharks

Jasmin Graham on Understanding Sharks

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

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Experiencing Place in Fiction: On Allowing Your Characters to Get Lost

Experiencing Place in Fiction: On Allowing Your Characters to Get Lost

Lena Valencia on Writing Place Like a Character, Rebecca Solnit, and the American Southwest

By Lena Valencia | August 7, 2024

Those Who Wander: A History of Nomadic Pastoralism in Southeastern Europe

Those Who Wander: A History of Nomadic Pastoralism in Southeastern Europe

Kapka Kassabova Explores What’s Left of an Ancient Tradition Marked by a Century of Upheaval

By Kapka Kassabova | August 7, 2024

Slippery, Slimy and Sublime: On Our Fascination with Eels

Slippery, Slimy and Sublime: On Our Fascination with Eels

Ellen Ruppel Shell Goes Deep on the Cultural Life of the Anguillidae

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Should Humanity Pay the Ultimate Price For Its Crimes Against Nature?

Should Humanity Pay the Ultimate Price For Its Crimes Against Nature?

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