AI Is a Place
Artificial intelligence is not magic, or placeless, or limitless. It is nature: wind, water, coal.
Category: From the Magazine
Summer 2026 Almanac: Fruiting Bodies
Life during summer … bears fruit.
Naturalist’s Notebook: See the World in a Velella
Did you know that you an find an echo of the spin of the planet in the sails of the by-the-wind sailors that wash ashore in spring and early summer?
Putting on Your Moth Goggles
Two moth enthusiasts chat about getting started with mothing.
Tips for Moth-Lighting
First, tack up a white sheet outside, on a wall, fence, tree, or clothesline.
Day-Flying Adult Moths in Spring
A guide to some day-flying moths you can see in the springtime.
Volcano Baby
How the Sutter Buttes turned up, all alone, in the Central Valley.
A Stunning Preserve on the Sonoma Coast Is Open
Estero Americano Coast Preserve is home to migrating birds, rare grasses, and in the spring, carpets of wildflowers.
