What To Do If You’re Charged by a Black Bear

What should you do if you’re charged by a black bear?

The Birds of September 11

On my way to Ground Zero on the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001, I stopped for a slice a pizza and to…

The Mystery of the Homosexual Geese

Few creatures can boast of devotions so deep as greylag geese. Most are monogamous; many spend…

A Tale of Three Dogs

Drinking her coffee one sunny winter morning, Pamela Karaz looked out the window of her home in upstate New York and saw a…

Language of the Anthropocene: Habitecture

Tiny houses and great cathedrals, carbon-neutral skyscrapers and Airstream trailers…

On the Meaning of a Winter Butterfly

One morning several weeks ago, during a freakish warm snap of mid-winter sunbathing weather, I…

What Pigeons Teach Us About Love

Last spring I came to know a pair of pigeons. I’d been putting out neighborly sunflower seeds for them…

How “Useless” Science Unraveled an Amphibian Apocalypse