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Fascinated, Not Afraid

…her family preparing for a camping trip (as a cat and a snake are in a standoff) before the piece turns its attention to the medicinal history of venom. The…

Rejoice in the Complexity

…even to experienced falconers. This extraordinary exchange between human and animal changed Macdonald’s life and turned her into one of our most vital advocates for recognizing and respecting the points…

American Crow to Great White Shark

…when digging in your garden, have you turned up earthworms, stopped to examine them and admire their efficiency, and thanked them for their critical role in our own food supply…

Seeing Other Possibilities

…Julia Alvarez: We came of age at the same time. Sandra Cisneros and I and that whole generation. I feel lucky to see this happen because when we got started…

“There’s No Way to Know Which Dragonfly is My Brother”

When a dragonfly alights on the edge of the casket at his brother’s funeral, Kingston Reginald James is convinced Khalid isn’t really gone, just changed into one of the dragonflies…

Places Previously Unseen

…through prostate cancer, yet we still cave together whenever we can. Others I knew then have died, sometimes in tragic caving accidents. As cavers like me return to these magical,

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