The Natural World
A Wounded Silverback?
https://www.economist.com/international/2026/08/25/as-his-presidency-flounders-trump-is-more-dangerous-than-ever
As his presidency f...
The Often-Overlooked Ovenbird
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHdaLaQ3NqA
The Outside Story
Laurie D. Morrissey
“There is a singer everyone has heard, / Lo...
Meteor Shower, Take 2 … The Vermont Way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aRZetXOegY
https://silverbackdigest.com/2026/08/09/the-midwatch/
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Incredible Climbing Vines
The Outside Story
By Susan Shea
In the dim light of a floodplain forest along a river, thick ropes of grapevine with shaggy bark ...
Living in a Hole
By: Amelia Soth
July 15, 2026
Let’s tour an Icelandic turf house. From the side, you could be forgiven for mistaking i...
The MidWatch
[The summer of 1967. I was, against every fiber of will in my19 year old body, enrolled in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Candidat...
Meat and Fire
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Meat and Fire
This is about meat and fire. It will be distasteful to some and salubrious to others. In either case, it is not f...
304 Humpback Whales? I pay attention.
https://kathilengel.substack.com/p/304-whales?
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