Orion Magazine - https://orionmagazine.org/article/ America's Finest Environmental Magazine Tue, 05 Dec 2023 20:35:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 195321810 Board Game Gift Ideas for the Nature-Loving Kiddo https://orionmagazine.org/article/nature-board-games-gift-2023/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 17:53:00 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=270420 Looking for the perfect gift for a child in your life this holiday season? Want to foster their love for and attention to the natural world, even on the bleakest of ...

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]]> 270420 The Unlikely Success of Wingspan https://orionmagazine.org/article/wingspan-board-game/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:12:58 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=270411 WE BEGIN BY ANGLING a lamp toward the wall, allowing just the perfect amount of warm light to fall on the table. Windows are flung open, inviting the night air inside. Then, ...

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]]> 270411 A Work of Love https://orionmagazine.org/article/homosexuality-nature-animals-mating-biological-exhuberance/ Mon, 04 Dec 2023 12:22:07 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=269493 IN THE EARLY 1990s, a young scientific illustrator named John Megahan got a call to work on a secret project: an encyclopedia of all known scientific observations of homosexuality in nature. ...

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]]> 269493 The Man Who Made Lonesome George Less Lonely https://orionmagazine.org/article/lonesome-george-tortoise-endlings-extinction-fausto-llerena/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 18:51:45 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=269041 This story was published as a companion piece to Orion‘s Winter 2023 Love Issue, a tome about devotion. Subscribe here and learn more here.  IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACIFIC, the black, ...

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]]> 269041 18 Book Recommendations for the Young Bookworm https://orionmagazine.org/article/18-book-recommendations-kids-childrens-literature/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 16:36:25 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=270291 Did someone say tiny pet glaciers, three-eyed foxes, fainting possums, beaver ponds, and beret-wearing snakes? That’s right, we’re back with more tried and true environmentally-engaged children’s book recommendations for your favorite ...

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]]> 270291 Natural Selection https://orionmagazine.org/article/natural-selection-relationships-dating-climate-change/ Mon, 27 Nov 2023 15:19:52 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=269461 WE CALLED IT THE DESERT island game. Arriving at a train station or airport gate, you’d survey your fellow passengers—those with whom you were throwing in your body to hurl through ...

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]]> 269461 Sex, Death, and Plants https://orionmagazine.org/article/sex-death-carnivorous-plants-venus-flytrap/ Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:48:49 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=269454 UNTIL I VISITED CALIFORNIA CARNIVORES, the largest carnivorous plant nursery in the United States, I didn’t know there was a world of these plants beyond the Venus flytrap. I’d grown up ...

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]]> 269454 Final Shift https://orionmagazine.org/article/final-shift/ Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:38:30 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=269509 I WAS EIGHTEEN the year I moved from Kampala, Uganda, to New York City and got my first waitressing job. I had no idea then that I’d be doing it for ...

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]]> 269509 The Chilling Art of Nicole Dextras https://orionmagazine.org/article/ice-sculpture-art-nicole-dextras/ Mon, 27 Nov 2023 05:00:51 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=269457 NICOLE DEXTRAS works across diverse mediums, blending textile arts, natural materials, performance, photography, and film, to create ephemeral installations and social interventions. She utilizes plants in summer and ice in winter, ...

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]]> 269457 Spring Has Left Us https://orionmagazine.org/article/flowers-spring-hindi-romance/ Mon, 27 Nov 2023 05:00:14 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=269452 ON A THURSDAY MORNING in April, I walk into the Sunder Nursery Gardens in Delhi’s city center. These outings are a customary habit, instilled by my father when we were growing ...

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