David Quammen

Who Swims with the Scientist?

“I learned how to duct-tape my feet and walk through blackwater swamps in sandals and shorts, a vastly helpful form of literary qualification.”

What Is Wildness?

Wildness, a name we give to living nature, is intangible, maybe even ineffable, but it’s not imaginary—it’s biological.

The Brilliant Plodder

We can’t stop reading and talking about Charles Darwin, 138 years after his death.

Suckers

The Concrete Jungle

Evolution is still happening, sometimes briskly, and in response to the single greatest agent of environmental change on the planet: us.