Beckoned by Cranes
I love to celebrate the arrival of spring and one of the surest signs of the changing seasons is the distant cries of sandhill cranes migrating high overhead.
My Day with Robert Macfarlane
The writer Barry Lopez has been on my mind a lot lately. A new book of interviews with Barry, called
Theoretical Immortality
Because quaking aspens are the most widely distributed trees in North American they might be taken for granted, but hidden
Standing on Toes
It's fun to consider this obvious fact: birds spent most of their lives in the air, which means
Manna from Heaven
All of my life, I've lived in places where fleeting snowstorms only lasted a day or two then
Jawing With Birds
Bird jaws are one elegant way that birds reduce weight for flight. Sound boring? Read on to learn more.
A Journey of the Mind
Every day when I walk into my office, I am greeted by walls of books calling for attention. My interests
