Two bearded vultures (from below) fly against a bright blue sky.

Wild, Queer Kinship

Andrea Natan Feltrin always felt they attuned to the rhythms of the natural world differently than others. Queer ecology provided a language for these intuitions.

close up of a chain link fence covered in vines and snow

Winter’s Muted Garden

What does a garden become in winter? Émilie Gervais explores winter’s sensory and narrative landscape through a community garden’s fence.

Inside a large church with stained glass windows and intricate architecture. Easter lilies line the steps up to the altar.

The Colonial Roots of Catholic Plants

Catholic churches in the U.S. are decorated with a shared, recurring cycle of select plants. Rebecca Laurent and Emily Burke dig into the historical and political roots of poinsettias and Easter lilies and what their floral glory tells us about nature, religion, and colonialism.

A turtle swimming in the ocean. Behind the turtle, a diver holds a large, underwater camera.

Ramas, piedras y agencia anidada en la fotografía de la vida silvestre

Rae Ferner Rose propone leer estas fotografías de la vida silvestre como una vía para explorar la agencia no humana. Las instantáneas de los nidos de aves jardineras y de peces globo, en particular, capturan la artesanía colaborativa tanto de la “vida silvestre” como del fotógrafo.

An apple snail colored yellow with a brown shell

When Monster Snails Eat Wetlands

The Coca Cola-funded micro-wetland of the Green Water Nature Center was to be a straightforward, water purification project. And then came the apple snail. These small creatures, Qieyi Liu shows, complicated everything.