Three-time winner of the National Magazine Award (the Ellie) and author of eighteen books, David Quammen is one of the world’s top science writers. His latest book is The Heartbeat of the Wild: Dispatches from Landscapes of Wonder, Peril, and Hope. He lives in Bozeman, Montana.
David Quammen
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David Quammen Answers the Orion Questionnaire
In which we get to know our favorite writers better by exploring the sacred and mundane. Whether he’s writing about zoonotic diseases, molecular biology, COVID, evolution, or really any other subject, Continue reading
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A Walk in the Deep Forest with Jane Goodall
ON THE EVENING OF THE ARRIVAL OF Jane Goodall, footsore and weary after a long day’s slog, and accompanied by Fay and a handful of others (including photographer Nick Nichols and Continue reading
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Fugitive Colors
Editor’s Note: This story is from Orion’s Spring issue, 1997. We are unlocking this archive piece to celebrate the release of The Book of Bugs, on sale now. ON JUNE 4, Continue reading