Nature
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If Nature Had a Human Personality, What Would It Be?
It can be foolish to anthropomorphize the natural world. Perhaps the most frequent version of this failing is when people attribute human thoughts and emotions to animal behavior. Look at that adorable polar bear caressing that sled dog! Clearly that’s an endearing display of affection. It wasn’t, as a Washington Post article titled, “First a […] -
The Problem with Nature Therapy
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The Tragedy of Iran’s Great Salt Lake
This classic Facts So Romantic post originally ran in August, 2014. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . The last time my cousin Houman traveled to Lake Urmia was 11 years ago. He and four of his friends piled into his car and drove for roughly 12 hours, snaking west […] -
Fallingwater: A Building That Bonds With Nature and Dances With Time
A visit to Frank Lloyd Wright’s famous American home. -
Humans & Nature Can Co-Exist in “Cyborg” Ecosystems
An illustration showing how dirt-filled PodMod containers would drift out of the Mississippi DeltaBradley Cantrell, Charlie Pruitt, Brennan Dedon, Rob Herkes Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Some people gaze at the Mississippi River and see the majesty of nature: a mighty waterway that carved a path through our […]
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Take Two Hikes and Call Me in the Morning
Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . One hundred sixty years ago, Henry David Thoreau published his magnum opus, Walden. In it he detailed his time spent living alongside nature in a cabin adjacent to Walden Pond. In one of the book’s emblematic lines, Thoreau wrote, “We can never […]
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Art Can Show Us What’s Wrong With Our Planet
An ice book destined to melt into the Great Miami River in Dayton, Ohio (2012).Basia Irland Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Earth is on the brink of a mass extinction—the first in 66 million years, and it’s caused primarily by human activity. Scientists first detected this epochal event by calculating […]
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Biologists Work to Protect a Cathedral of Biology
The isolated Galapagos Islands are a ecological treasure and a key setting in the history of science: Charles Darwin did research there that helped him come to understand biological evolution—though, as detailed in a new Nautilus story by Henry Nicholls, it was observations of plants, rather than the better-known finches, that were most enlightening. Nautilus Members […]
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How Humans Made Squirrels a Part of the Urban Environment
This engraving of a gray squirrel was included in the December 1841 issue of Robert Merry’s Museum. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . One day in 1856, hundreds of people gathered to gawk at an “unusual visitor” up a tree near New York’s City Hall. The occupant of the […]