Richard Conniff’s Substack
Richard Conniff on NatureI write about wildlife, the natural world, and public health, based on my career as an author of books like "The Species Seekers" and "Swimming with Piranhas at Feeding Time," and as a contributor to magazines, television documentaries, and public radio.
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The Horse in the Laundry Room
by Richard Conniff
Tynsky’s “dawn horse,” swimming with the fishes.. (Photo: Lucia RM Martino & James Di Loreto/Smithsonian Institution)
This is a piece I wrote a few years ago for Smithsonian Magazine. I had fun reporting it, and got...
How Fossil Fuels Kill
by Richard Conniff
Smog. (Photo: Robert Harding)
When Americans talk about fossil fuels these days, it’s mostly to grumble that the cost has shot up by more than a buck a gallon from a year ago. That’s an extra $15 or $20 for the week...
Dana and the Rock of Ages (Conclusion)
by Richard Conniff
(continued from Part Two)
Many of Dana’s big ideas--his mistaken belief in the permanence of continents and oceans, his revelation about the cumulative effects of erosion over time, and his demonstration that small...
Dana and the Rock of Ages (Part Two)
by Richard Conniff
A view of Venua Levu in Fiji (Painting: Titian Peale/U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1840)
(Continued from part one)
Having barely survived two days and a night of raging storm, in the Magellan Straits, one of the most...
Dana and the Rock of Ages (Part One)
by Richard Conniff
James Dwight Dana, 1858 (Portrait: Daniel Huntington/Yale Art Gallery)
I’ve been nosing around for a scientific life worthy of a new biography, and realized the other day that I had a good one already in mind. I’ve...
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I write about behaviors of humans & other animals--anywhere from the Peruvian Amazon to the Himalayas of Bhutan--and also about public health. I write for lay readers & scientists alike, & aim to keep it insightful & entertaining for all.
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