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The Queer Relationship That Powered Rachel Carson’s Nature Writing

The Queer Relationship That Powered Rachel Carson’s Nature Writing

Lida Maxwell on Dorothy Freeman, “Silent Spring,” and Rejecting Heteronormativity

By Lida Maxwell | July 18, 2025

You Want to Be a Better Writer? Observe Chicken Behavior

You Want to Be a Better Writer? Observe Chicken Behavior

Malia Márquez on Learning to Tend and Feed Writerly Impulses

By Malia Márquez | May 16, 2025

Eden Lost: Nin Andrews on the Pains and Rewards of Writing a Memoir About Her Father

Eden Lost: Nin Andrews on the Pains and Rewards of Writing a Memoir About Her Father

The Author of “Son of a Bird” Tells the Story of a Family of Facades

By Nin Andrews | April 29, 2025

What the Mysterious Mating Habits of an Enigmatic Species Reveal About the Secrets of Evolution

What the Mysterious Mating Habits of an Enigmatic Species Reveal About the Secrets of Evolution

Matt Ridley on the Paradoxical Pickiness of the Black Grouse

By Matt Ridley | March 24, 2025

Following Flaco the Owl: In Praise of Writing Into Our Obsessions

Following Flaco the Owl: In Praise of Writing Into Our Obsessions

David Gessner: “If we are very lucky, we find that the thing we have picked up is hitched to everything else in the universe.”

By David Gessner | February 10, 2025

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

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

Helen Scales on How Best to Mitigate the Anthropocene’s Negative Impact on Marine Ecosystems

By Helen Scales | August 19, 2024

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John James Audubon Had More Than a Little Help With Those Bird Paintings

By Kenn Kaufman | May 9, 2024

“We are Here.” On Rediscovering Safety and Beauty in the Wonders of Nature

By Aimee Nezhukumatathil | April 22, 2024

Your spring equinox reading, sorted.

By Emily Temple | March 19, 2024

The Birds of Northern Manhattan: On Vanishing Human and Non-Human Habitats

The Birds of Northern Manhattan: On Vanishing Human and Non-Human Habitats

Emily Raboteau Considers the Intersections of Climate Change and Gentrification

By Emily Raboteau | March 13, 2024

Emily Raboteau and Sarah Viren on Climate Change, Birding, and Social Justice

Emily Raboteau and Sarah Viren on Climate Change, Birding, and Social Justice

A Conversation with the Author of “Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against the Apocalypse”

By Sarah Viren | March 11, 2024

Avian Teachers: On What We Can Learn from Birds

Avian Teachers: On What We Can Learn from Birds

Trish O’Kane Explores the Myriad Ways Our Feathered Friends Can Show Us Smarter, More Compassionate Ways of Living

By Trish O'Kane | February 27, 2024

How an Icelandic Bird Led to the Discovery of Human-Caused Extinction

How an Icelandic Bird Led to the Discovery of Human-Caused Extinction

Gísli Pálsson on the Undersung Work of the Naturalists John Wolley and Alfred Newton

By Gísli Pálsson | February 7, 2024

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

Why <em>Harry Potter</em>’s Hedwig Would Make a Terrible Pet

Why Harry Potter’s Hedwig Would Make a Terrible Pet

Jennifer Ackerman on the Complex Care and Keeping of Real Owls

By Jennifer Ackerman | June 13, 2023

Therapy... Chickens? Tove Danovich on Finding Comfort in Feathered Friends

Therapy... Chickens? Tove Danovich on Finding Comfort in Feathered Friends

“Some people pour themselves a glass of wine; others stare at chickens.”

By Tove Danovich | March 30, 2023

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