C. S. .JENNISON, who lives with her husband and three daughters in Shelburne, Vermont, writes light verse and prose with equal facility for the ATLANTIC and other magazines.
Even if plastic pollution stopped tomorrow, turtles would be dealing with the repercussions for centuries—at least.
In the past couple of days, festivals were held in two villages separated by language, culture, religion, and great distance, but both centered on the use of fire as a method of purification and blessing.
Playful teasing might have evolved to help our ape ancestors gather crucial intel on their family’s and friends’ thoughts.
Cows are suffering on even the most “humane” dairy farms.
James Fallows leads a photo tour through the Wolong Panda Reserve in northern China, where the animals resemble "especially cute kindergarteners."