The art of the essay as cultural history and nature writing. By John Davis.
Friends, Brains and Crickets: a (Scientific) Love Story
From the love of insects that talk to each other in the night . . . to a major discovery about small worlds. By Mark Humphries and Susanne Severeid.

Beautifully Untameable Quadrupeds
Great wildlife photography. Winners of the PA2F Environmental Photography Awards.

Life is an Outlaw: A Biologist Challenges the Central Doctrine
A biologist's lament for a fundamental principle of biology. Ignacio Chapela interviewed by Whitney Smith and Chris Lowry.


Faces of the Planet: Landscape Photography From On High
Where we live — from the photo gallery of the European Space Agency.

Make a Billion, Spend it on a Plan for Healthy Food
A conversation with two world-changers . . . on the track of a plant-based food economy. Interview by Whitney Smith.

Cities for Birds Too
Advocating for urban environments that attract and maintain bird populations. By Timothy Beatley.

A Digital Artist's Invention Story
Rick Simon started out in the graphics trade by tweaking his grandmother's greeting cards, and never looked back. By Whitney Smith.

Adam Kahane on Collaborating with the Enemy
A master facilitator of high-level problematic situations in South Africa and Colombia explains his approach. Interview by Whitney Smith & Beatrice Briggs.

Martha Graham and the Prophecies of Dance
Patricia Beatty (1936-2020) reflects on her mentor, one of the great artistic pioneers. A film by Whitney Smith.
