Corals are in fact three things in one: something of an animal, something of a plant, and something of a stone. They make ...

SAY YOU WANT TO START mapping out your summer reading plans? Look no further, because we got you. Talking plants! Owlets! Cool new vocabulary works! Johnny Appleseed! Climate concerns! Parenting tips!

Home, the dictionary warrants, is about where we reside. The word’s typical use suggests something fairly fixed, even ...

"If parenting ever feels lonely or relentless, maybe it’s because so many of us are living contrary to our true nature." ...

I HAVEN’T BEEN SLEEPING MUCH LATELY. I’ve read that those of us who don’t sleep well might be the descendants of our ancestral night watchers—those who learned to stay awake or sleep light to keep the ...

A CATFISH WITH THREE EYES lived in the Gowanus Canal. I can say this with confidence because I have seen the evidence. The catfish was shiny and pitch-dark. After a fisherman hooked it and reeled it ...

I WAS TAUGHT, AS A SCIENTIST, to think logically and empirically, rather than intuitively or spiritually.When I was at Cambridge University in the early 1960s most of the scientists and science ...

SPANNING THE MILES between Texas and Vermont, long-time friends Alison Kafer and Eli Clare sat down and shared a conversation about Eli’s new book Unfurl. ELI: I’m excited for many reasons to be in ...

THE CHICKEN WAS UNWELL. She no longer ran to the summons of the leftovers pail to scratch at the compost heap with the other hens. Morning found her in a corner of the henhouse facing the wall, with ...

adrienne maree brown has been on my radar for a while. As a thinker, activist, and teacher, she provides essential insights into how we relate to both human and natural ecosystems. Our conversation ...