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May 18, 2025

Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane

May 18, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane

A new series of meditations on rivers from the author of “Underland”

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May 18, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Robert Macfarlane, Is a River Alive, ecology, nature, nature writing
November 12, 2018

Never Home Alone by Rob Dunn

November 12, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Never Home Alone by Rob Dunn

The revelation – thrilling and unsettling in equal measure – that the plain old precincts of our homes are alien wonderlands of the exotic and the unexpected.

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November 12, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology
Never Home Alone, Rob Dunn, ecology, North Carolina State University, Camel Crickets, insects, nature, environment, Basic Books, Steve Donoghue
August 15, 2018

Extreme Conservation by Joel Berger

August 15, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Extreme Conservation by Joel Berger

Berger goes to back-of-beyond places, observing animals as well as hardy groups of humans.

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August 15, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology, Animals & Nature
Extreme Conservation, Joel Berger, nature, ecology, environment, environmental movement, conservation, animals, University of Chicago Press, extreme cliimates
August 13, 2018

Ben Goldfarb Q&A about BEAVERS!

August 13, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Ben Goldfarb Q&A about BEAVERS!

Open Letters talked with author Ben Goldfarb about this sometimes-maligned fixture of the natural world.

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August 13, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology, Stevereads, Animals & Nature, Books & Authors
Ben Goldfarb, biology, ecology, environmental science, environment, beavers, Author Interview, Stevereads, Steve Donoghue
April 29, 2018

Belonging on an Island by Daniel Lewis

April 29, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Belonging on an Island by Daniel Lewis

A rich natural history of Hawaiian birds that challenges existing ideas about the concept of belonging.

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April 29, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology, Animals & Nature
birds, ornithology, nature, conservation, ecology, Daniel Lewis, Steve Donoghue
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