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Ethan Shaw

I'm an independent naturalist/writer calling the Intermountain West home, though my heart's anywhere there are roadless drainages, standing dead trees, unruly beasts, big storms, etc. My particular passions are landscape ecology, wilderness, earth science, and the intersections of time and geography. "Remoteness" tantalizes me (whether it's a farflung canyon or the dead-center of a briar thicket in an industrial zone). Every place is haunted, of course. Twitter: @CutoffMountain

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NEW —Wild South Africa

Delhi and Rajasthan: Colors of India

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Monster of the Month w/ Colin Dickey: The "Mutes"

Rites of Spring: Nature, Myth, and Legends

Monster of the Month w/ Colin Dickey: Arctic Ghosts

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A Brief History of Scent With Saskia Wilson-Brown

Clowning for Novices: History and Practice With Rose Carver

Designing Immersive Gatherings With Zach Morris of Third Rail Projects

Introduction to Birding With Annie Novak

Writing Cultural Mythologies & Urban Legends With Colin Dickey

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Lake Avernus

National Silk Art Museum

Cement City

The Legends of Dilmun

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Space Age Lodge and Restaurant

Jean Trogneux

Futaba Cake Building

Lee & Rick’s Oyster Bar

Debauve & Gallais

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The Most Dangerously Populated Latitudes in the World

What Can We Learn From the Ruins of Gary, Indiana?

The Child-Eating Wampus Cat Prowling the American South

Wild Life: Helpful Honeyguides

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