Kathleen Yale is Orion’s digital editor and author of the award-winning children’s book, Howl Like a Wolf! and the forthcoming Guess My Animal!. She’s a former scriptwriter for the educational programs SciShow and Crash Course, and prior to that worked as a wildlife field biologist. She lives in Montana.
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Pet Madness Semi-Finals: Who’s the Best Pet from Pop Culture?
And then there were four. A Fabulous Four. A Furred and Feathered Four. These finalists have come a long way. But who will make it to the end? A most iconic Continue reading
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Wolfish: A Conversation with Erica Berry
In which we discuss our mutual fascination with wolves, Erica’s new book Wolfish, fear, linguistics, wonder, our favorite werewolves, and the best wolf song to sing at karaoke night. (Spoiler: It’s Continue reading
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Roses Are Red, Sometimes: A Conversation with a Flower Expert
With Valentine’s Day looming, our digital editor Kathleen Yale called up Amy Stewart, author of Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful, to talk about the ins and outs Continue reading
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The Mighty Modifications of the Yellow-Spotted Goanna
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
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Six Questions for Taylor Brorby, author of Boys and Oil
Set against the prairies and coalfields of North Dakota, Taylor Brorby’s Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land is a lyrical coming-of-age memoir about the loneliness of a Continue reading
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Consider the Nurse Ant
Across sub-Saharan Africa, droves of shiny black Matabele ants (Megaponera analis) assemble for daily termite raids. But their appetite puts them at risk, for their prey bites back with a matched Continue reading
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Thirty Children’s Picture Book Recommendations for the Holidays
WITH the holiday season upon us, you must—must!—be looking for the perfect picture books to give to your favorite children. And if you love Orion and compelling storytelling, if you Continue reading
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When Nature Breaks the Law: An Interview With Mary Roach, Author of Fuzz
MARY ROACH IS A SCIENCE JOURNALIST, top-notch storyteller, and Orion advisor. She’s the author of six New York Times bestsellers, including STIFF: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, GULP: Adventures Continue reading
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7 Rites to Perform Upon Finding a Dead Animal
The dappled fawn tangled in a line of barbed wire. Stop pedaling your bicycle. Dismount and quietly guide it to the wet, harried fur splayed out in the nodding grass. Continue reading