A Mentor in Philosophy

A professor receives a student's praise. By Rebecca Comay.

Earth is a Bardo

A fine new voice in verse. Poetry by Kim Trainor.

Silently Name-Checking the Flowers

The art of the essay as cultural history and nature writing

A (Scientific) Love Story

From the love of insects that talk to each other in the

Beautifully Untameable Quadrupeds

Great wildlife photography. Winners of the PA2F

Life is an Outlaw

A biologist's lament for a fundamental principle of biology

Landscape Photography From On High

Where we live — from the photo gallery of the European

Make a Billion, Spend it On a Plan for Healthy Food

A conversation with two world-changers . . . on the track

Martha Graham and the Prophecies of Dance

Patricia Beatty (1936-2020) reflects on her mentor, one of

Ten Songs That Made a Difference

On how a few powerful songs made personal and collective

Centennial on the 4th

In pursuit of cash for gas, stories for drinks, and the

Group Intelligence of Birds in Flight

The poetics of wildlife group naming. By Angela Lord.

Confessions of a Trans Trucker

A cross-dressing truck driver stays the course and lands on