DEAR SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I am writing to formally apply for the Exceptional Research Grant sponsored by your esteemed organization. I’d like to begin by expressing my sincere gratitude for offering Continue reading
From the Orion archives: this piece was featured in Orion’s Winter 1996 issue. THIS FALL ON GOOSEBERRY MARSH the weather is warm and the water is high. As Craig and I load Continue reading
The following is an excerpt from The Open-Air Life by Linda Åkeson McGurk. Friluftsliv is intimately connected with the Nordic culture, landscape, history, and mindset, but our craving for nature is Continue reading
The following has been adapted from Darwin’s Love of Life: A Singular Case of Biophilia by Kay Harel. The Glories and Limits of Facts In one of those true stories that Continue reading
It’s a natural instinct to shelter our young underground, but the yellow-spotted goanna (Varanus panoptes) does this with remarkable determination and style. Not only is her burrow a unique helical shape, Continue reading
