I still remember watching a flock of frigatebirds glide above the Indian Ocean, wings stretched wide, not flapping for minutes on end. Our guide—a marine biologist—turned to me and said,…

Last year, while visiting a friend’s dairy farm in the countryside of Yorkshire, I found myself leaning against a wooden fence, quietly watching a herd of cows in the pasture.…

Have you ever wondered if fish are aware of the very thing they live in—water? Or do they perceive it as we do the air around us—present, yet largely invisible?…

I remember the first time my Labrador, Benny, met my toddler nephew. Benny wagged his tail, crouched low like he was playing with another pup, and gently nudged the baby…

A few years ago, I was crammed into a packed London Underground train at rush hour when the person opposite me let out an almighty sneeze—twice. No tissue. No elbow…

I remember the first time I saw footage of a deep-sea volcano erupting. It was on a grainy National Geographic VHS tape in my cousin's basement. Lava spewing into pitch-black…