Meet the Mysterious Ringtail
By Riley Black July 13, 2023This desert dumpster diver is hard to spot
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animals
5 Books on Queer Nature
By Riley Black December 5, 2022A reading list for exploring the queer side of nature fiction and nonfiction
Inside the Legacy of Old Ephraim and “Outlaw Animals"
By Riley Black January 12, 2022Carnivores aren’t welcome in the West, but their ghosts are
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wildlife
Don't Let Them See You Cry
By Riley Black November 30, 2021A paleontology writer’s experience of gendering—and misgendering—in the backcountry
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gender
Public Lands Preserve More Than What's on the Surface
By Riley Black June 21, 2021Inside a paleontology quest through Grand Staircase–Escalante and Deep Time
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public lands
You Need This Crust
By Riley Black January 9, 2021A guide to properly adoring microbiotic soils
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science
The Utah Monolith Is Just the Latest Tale of Desert Trash
By Riley Black December 19, 2020One Utahn’s take on the unsettling patterns behind the monoliths
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public lands
A Search for Fossils Unearths a New Life
By Riley Black May 4, 2020It felt like a test—how badly did I want this?
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hiking
In Neil Shubin's New Book, Everyone's a Time Capsule
By Riley Black March 7, 2020"Some Assembly Required" takes the evolutionary long view
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books