Elizabeth Brownrigg

The best thing about hanging around with a bunch of bat biologists is that no one ever says “Ew”–not at the raccoon skull brought in from the woods, not at the salamander discovered under a rock, not at the collections of stuffed bats on the dining room table. These scientists love bats because they’re elusive […]

On a moonlit night in June, a female loggerhead turtle drags herself from the sea onto the beach at Oak Island. She shuffles across the sand, leaving what looks like an enormous tire track behind her, until she chooses a place between the high tide line and the dunes. She turns to face the water […]