Landscape Photography From On High

Where we live — from the photo gallery of the European Space Agency.

Stalking the Unnoticed Layers of Nature

A brilliant graphic artist conjures soul-detail in

The Electric Kool-Aid Turtle Test

When you find a reptile on the road, what do you do? By

How We Talk About Spirituality and Religion

Where people of faith and agnostics and atheists might meet

Earth is a Bardo

A fine new voice in verse. Poetry by Kim Trainor.

Silently Name-Checking the Flowers

The art of the essay as cultural history and nature writing

A (Scientific) Love Story

From the love of insects that talk to each other in the

Beautifully Untameable Quadrupeds

Great wildlife photography. Winners of the PA2F

Life is an Outlaw

A biologist's lament for a fundamental principle of biology

Make a Billion, Spend it On a Plan for Healthy Food

A conversation with two world-changers . . . on the track

Martha Graham and the Prophecies of Dance

Patricia Beatty (1936-2020) reflects on her mentor, one of

Ten Songs That Made a Difference

On how a few powerful songs made personal and collective

Centennial on the 4th

In pursuit of cash for gas, stories for drinks, and the