The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.

The books hail from Clairvaux Abbey, founded in 1115 by Cistercian monks in northern France, and its daughter monasteries. Some tomes are nearly 900 years old. Researchers had thought they were ...

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How Can I Help?” is the latest book and call to action from native-plants champion Doug Tallamy. The University of Delaware ...

The author, who is a lifelong advocate for the humane treatment of all animals, tells a powerful story by letting animals be ...

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There’s a famous two-decade-old Paris Review interview with Haruki Murakami in which he, one of the world’s most celebrated ...

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A collection of autobiographical sketches; a complicated Japanese mystery.

Nayan Shrimali and Venus Bird, the creative forces behind The Paper Ark, craft detailed miniature animal figures that often fit on a fingertip.