Stories & Essays Archives

Green Worms Are Bad This Year

We must endure the presence of caterpillars if we wish to be acquainted with functioning ecosystems

American and Soviet walrus biologists bridged gaps between nations by cooperating in research, and drinking together.

“Why are you taking the dead leaves into your garden?” he asked.

A New Yorker story recalls memories of muskox field work in Alaska

A small voice said “the clock fell.” “Monkey did it.”

Recollections of a long ago camping trip that passed through a working whaling station.

It’s time for a paradigm shift in gardening, towards using native plants that support the ecosystems around us.

A California trip yielded a fascinating and unusual landscape and fascinating and unusual stories.

Stories about landing dangerous mako sharks bring to mind Alaska stories about the dangers of fishing for halibut

They can thatch my lawn and mow it and trim it. Why would I say “No, thanks”?

We’d see it briefly, then it would disappear for days. What was it? This unusual animal kept us guessing for weeks.

Conservation is democracy extended to the natural world