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Are the Wildfires Really Canada’s Fault?
It’s easy to blame Canada for the smoke choking the U.S. The real problem, one expert says, is that ‘there’s not enough water and air transport to put…
Rafaela Siewert
Why Chimpanzees Go to War, with John Mitani
A chimpanzee civil war in Uganda sheds light on the origins of human conflict.
Aaron MacLean
47M
Ancient Wisdom: Back to My Father’s Farm
He told my mother to never sell it. She did anyway. It took me 65 years to understand why the farm mattered so much to him.
Peter Richmond
Even the Chimps Are Going to War
Why have 200 wild primates in Uganda erupted into a deadly conflict? An evolutionary biologist explains.
Tanner Nau
Saving a Lamb from the Slaughter
When my husband and I bought a farm, we wanted to raise and kill animals humanely. But it never gets easy—as one little ram taught us.
Larissa Phillips
Can You Get Away with Murder in the Woods?
Emma Sharp didn’t seriously consider killing her husband—until she met his ex-girlfriend. Read an exclusive excerpt of Kat Rosenfield’s new novel!
Kat Rosenfield
Fly-Fishing with Dick Cheney
In 2008, Matt Labash landed a rare interview with the VP through their shared love of fly-fishing—a sport, one guide said, that might’ve made Americans…
Matt Labash
Ancient Wisdom: Into the Woods
As a child, I went into the woods to escape a chaotic, sometimes violent home. The beauty I discovered there has become a source of pleasure and…
Lou Ureneck
Lou Ureneck on the Healing Power of Nature
The 74-year-old explains how going into the woods connected him to his family, brought him closer to God, and became his best medicine.
Suzy Weiss
28M
Remembering Jane Goodall
Goodall’s protégé Richard W. Wrangham says she taught him to ‘trust your own judgment, and not be bullied by the constraints of received wisdom.’
Evan Gardner
Things Worth Remembering: To Be Worthy of Standing Before God
On Yom Kippur, we ask how to live a meaningful life. A poem by Robert Frost offers a striking answer.
Meir Soloveichik
Just Look Up!
I’ve been watching birds for close to 30 years. Yet the overwhelming sensation of physical excitement when I head outside with binoculars has never left…
Jonathan Rosen
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