Life on Sonsorol revolves around the reefs, and the children’s play teaches them many important skills.  Viewed from ...

The term limit implies a boundary that cannot be breached, but deep in its etymology, the word bends and bows. The restriction relents. The furthest point opens and ushers us into something new. In ...

Photographer and National Geographic Explorer Kiliii Yüyan brings to life stories from the Arctic sea ice, beneath the waves, ...

SPANNING THE MILES between Texas and Vermont, long-time friends Alison Kafer and Eli Clare sat down and shared a conversation about Eli’s new book Unfurl. ELI: I’m excited for many reasons to be in ...

A WHIR OF JAZZ spins from the windowsill. For a minute, the muffled reverberation doesn’t register, my mind sifting it into the song that plays from the radio in my home office. When the erratic tempo ...

GRACE ALVAREZ SESMA HAS always been a dreamer. But this night was different. “We were a very humble family,” she says of her upbringing in the Mexicali barrio of Colonia Pro-Hogar. She didn’t have a ...

1. Be prepared to be confused with the other black birder. Yes, there are only two of you at the bird festival. Yes, you’re wearing a name tag and are six inches taller than he is. Yes, you will be ...

SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR we put out a call for pitches around a specific theme. If you’re interested in suggesting a feature (or Lay of the Land piece), from October 1- 15 we will be accepting nonfiction ...

Dive Into Orion's Summer Issue Today! With a subscription, you get full access to our Extended Summer 2026 issue, The Deep Dive: Our History & Future With the World's Largest Mammals, in which we ...

This look at the threats of climate change to the Republic of Kiribati island nation is excerpted from a collection chronicling the challenges all islands face in a warming future. Purchase the book ...

IN OUR FREE TIME, WE DESTROY TREES. Hundreds of them by now. Five years ago, soon after I bought the place, I gave my partner a Husqvarna 450 Rancher for Christmas. Since then, he’s had to replace the ...

IT IS SPRING IN HOUSTON, which means that each day the temperature rises and so does the humidity. The bricks of my house sweat. In my yard the damp air condenses on the leaves of the crepe myrtle ...