When members of Project CETI (the Cetacean Translation Initiative) witnessed the birth of a sperm whale, they observed a breathtaking scene of cooperation and communication that few humans have ever seen. The extraordinary experience was a scientific milestone as well as one more strand in the web of sperm whale culture that this innovative project is studying.

A closer look at the cranefly orchid reveals how beauty, manipulation, and deep ecological relationships shape the delicate balance of life.

Mother Nature is the ultimate designer. After all, since life first emerged on Earth, she’s had 3.8 billion years of evolutionary R&D to get it right. Biomimicry is the art and science of learning from this ineffable genius: tapping into the patterns of nature to live harmoniously with life’s principles. With Janine Benyus, the “godmother of modern biomimicry”.

A reflective conversation with Terry Tempest Williams on art, grief, democracy, and the quiet, sacred presences she calls the “Glorians” that invite us to pay deeper attention in a time of upheaval.

Visionary agricultural innovator Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin unearths a natural-world template for building a global movement that puts the chicken at the heart of bioregional food systems. These Poultry-Centered Regenerative Agroforestry farms can both renew the land and support the hundreds of millions of small farmers who produce 70% of the world’s food.

Yurok Attorney Amy Cordalis tells the story of the decades-long struggle to remove dams that have choked the life flow of the Klamath river and severed salmon migratory routes, and how a combination of traditional ecological knowledge, environmental law, and old-fashioned diplomacy helped remove 4 of 6 dams.