David Quammen Who Swims with the Scientist? “I learned how to duct-tape my feet and walk through blackwater swamps in sandals and shorts, a vastly helpful form of literary qualification.” June 24, 2023
David Quammen What Is Wildness? Wildness, a name we give to living nature, is intangible, maybe even ineffable, but it’s not imaginary—it’s biological. May 16, 2023
Jessica Riskin An Evolving View of Inheritance “Instead of aiming for purity, science should aspire to self-awareness and engagement in a larger project of understanding.” April 2, 2022
Mark Borrello Ideology as Biology E. O. Wilson corresponded for years with a notorious proponent of race science, advocating for his research behind the scenes. What does it tell us about his most controversial work? February 5, 2022
Lucy Jakub A Plate of Jellyfish Ernst Haeckel believed that evolution would unite science with art and philosophy under one discipline, through which humans could reach a greater understanding of their world. January 31, 2018
Bill McKibben Our Diminished Oceans What may turn out to be the summer’s most important news story (and just possibly the millennium’s) didn’t make the pages of the *Times*. A study in *Nature* has concluded that as oceans warmed, phytoplankton—the tiny organisms that form the crucial first level of the entire marine food chain—were disappearing. August 6, 2010