by Sheil Seclearr
Human senses develop in utero at different rates, and the first to develop is our sense of touch or skin sensitivity.
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by Elly Hertz
She built an entire garden for one butterfly. It wasn’t necessarily a special one either, looking exactly like its friends. That didn’t matter to her. She would point to it, arms spread out wide, and…
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by Madhumita Chakrabarty
Meghalaya, which literally means "abode of clouds" in Sanskrit, is a name that evokes images of rolling hills shrouded in mist, dense forests teeming with life, and rivers that flow like veins through…
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by Amelia Clarke
Anyone fortunate enough to dive on a healthy coral reef will immediately notice the array of noises created by its inhabitants. Pops, crackles, crunches, chirps, hums and snaps produce a vibrant cacophony…
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by Debra Denker
Great critter cam photos are a matter of luck rather than photographic skill — although a little bit of editing magic can turn a mediocre photo into a great one.
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by Taylor Marshall
You can break a sweat in Louisiana without moving — just standing outside in the thick of the humidity is enough. If you’re moving, it’s not even a matter of minutes before you are covered in sweat. Mix…
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by Tanvi Dutta Gupta
In the spring of 2020, as my planned summer of glorious sunshine-y fieldwork disintegrated under the sudden and crushing weight of a global pandemic, I flew home to Singapore. An ocean away from Stanford…
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by Jack Meyers
From 1968 to 1970, I was in the Peace Corps. First in Somalia and then, after a military coup there, in Kenya. The experiences I had led me to my graduate degree in agricultural economics and subsequent…
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by G.R. Stahl
Deception at the Diamond D Ranch is a western mystery published by Coffeetown Press, an imprint of Epicenter Press, in April 2022. This chapter digs into two characters’ relationships with the land and…
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by Debra Denker
I conceived Weather Menders during a very hot summer visit to the UK in 2013. I had been looking forward to escaping the heat that in recent years has become characteristic of Santa Fe summers by going…
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by Debra Denker
On the first day of autumn, I’m riding through a changing forest — tall, deep green ponderosas interspersed with the butter-gold of aspens, and shrubs ranging from pale crimson to deep russet to coral…
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