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David Quammen’s Conservationist Manifesto From Landscapes of Wonder, Peril...
Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right...
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When Predator Becomes Prey: Why Sharks Need Protection From Humans
The summer of 1983 was hot. By Labor Day, the northern plains were begging for federal aid during the worst drought since Dust Bowl days. “We’re asking Uncle Sam to help where Mother Nature has cruelly...
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Familiar Yet Strange: Why Turtles Are Worth Saving
Why turtles? Alexxia Bell, Turtle Rescue League’s president and co-founder Natasha have, in their years together, rescued other creatures, from squirrels to salamanders (including a skunk they found on...
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Evolutionary Links: What Great Apes Tell Us About Being Human
When we enter the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, with five million other visitors each year, we step simultaneously into the age of the dinosaurs and into the Victorian age. We inhabit a...
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The World’s Most Beautiful Bird Lives in Yellowstone National Park
Nothing compares to a peregrine falcon. Of course, comparing anything in nature is foolhardy. Nonetheless, when beholding this bird, perched or flying, one can only think of superlatives. Strikingly...
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What the Marabou Stork Taught Me About Writing in an Era of Mass Extinction...
The Marabou stork is a scavenger bird usually found on the African continent south of the Sahara. Like most storks, it has long legs and a long, stout bill, perfectly engineered for catching fish and...
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For the Love of Plants: 11 Books on Nature and Conservation Coming Out in 2024
Over the holidays, while traveling out of state to visit family, I left my outsize houseplant collection in the hands of our pet sitter, a wildly talented cat whisperer but a less-than-expert caretaker...
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How a Multitude of Voices Can Broaden Our Understanding of the Natural World
A 2021 article in The Guardian revealed that “for the top 10 bestselling female authors (who include Jane Austen and Margaret Atwood, as well as Danielle Steel and Jojo Moyes), only 19 percent of their...
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Taking the Long View: Why There Might Still Be Hope For the Earth’s Oceans
First, they were bright white dots moving in the distance between sea and sky. Then, as I reached the end of the land at the cliff’s edge, the gannets were everywhere. From eyeline to the waterline six...
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Paradise in Progress: On Creating a Natural Refuge in the Blue Ridge Mountains
My first time on the mountain, it was August; relentless heat, bright sun beating down, no place to hide. I was surrounded by the frenzied growth of a meadow that had been left to its own devices for...
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