Into Depths Unknown
In the summer of 1930, aboard a ship floating near the Atlantic island of Nonsuch, marine biologist Gloria Hollister sat on a crate, writing furiously in a notebook with a telephone 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
The Plants of the Roman Colosseum
Told through a historic catalog of the plants that take root in the Roman Colosseum, The Weeds is the story of two women—one in 1854 and the other in 2018—fighting to Continue reading
The Peculiar Relationship Between City Trees and Medieval Battle
TODAY, EUROPEAN CITIES ARE unthinkable without their tree-lined streets: their boulevards, avenues and malls. Those three words synonymous with urban trees tell us when and why European cities got their canopies. Continue reading
Science, Art, and Literature Meet in ‘Cascadia Field Guide’
YOU’RE SPEEDING ALONG A CITY HIGHWAY and catch a glimpse of distinctive, bushy green in a ravine. Sword Fern, your quick mind says, moving on to the grocery list or that Continue reading