“Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could combat a growing agricultural crisis.”
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Why One Geologist Thinks We Should All Pay More Attention to Rocks
“Professor Marcia Bjornerud urges us to understand rocks as records of earlier versions of the planet—and as a call to protect its future.”
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There Will Be Blood
“Confronting the ethical and ecological dilemma over culling animals for conservation.”
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The Other Side of the World’s Largest Dam Removal
“Removing dams from the Klamath River in Northern California seems like a clear win for fish and rivers. Why do some locals hate it?”
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Why the West Needs Prairie Dogs
“They’re among the region’s most despised species, but some tribes, researchers and landowners are racing to save them.”
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Eating the Earth
“The burgeoning global food trade is a lifeline for billions, but it is fragile and hard on the planet.”
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A Clock in the Forest
“Clocks that use nature to measure time can reintegrate people into the environment and counteract the calamities of the Anthropocene.”
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My Harmony With the Heron
“In an excerpt from his new memoir, Something in the Woods Loves You, Jarod K. Anderson shares how nature became a balm for his mental health and depression.”
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It Began as a Rewilding Experiment. Now a Bear Is on Trial for Murder
“The death of a jogger in the Italian Alps has sparked a furious debate about the relationship between humans and nature.”
