Agnes de Mille created a ballet inspired by the American West.

Wyoming

South Carolina

As a newspaper editor, he covered the outbreak of yellow fever; as a historian, he searched for the causes of epidemics

Research into the development of human language

An early American naturalist’s terrifying account continues to color how the public views an iconic reptile

How a so-so novelist became a major spokesman for organic farming

What the Victorian climate scientist John Tyndall learned from the Alps

An interview with Jared Farmer