1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (858+ words) Image Courtesy of Canva THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ask about your pregnancy history. It is very important that you provide accurate personal health history, age, lifestyle factors, known medical conditions, and current medications. We use this information to study reproductive outcomes,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (144+ words) Orion Magazine The genre of environmental writing has been expanding in recent years. Writers for Orion Magazine have pushed the boundaries of the genre by exploring the surprising intersections between nature writing and other forms, themes, and subjects. Nonfiction writers…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (556+ words) Illustrations by Emily Poole Please enjoy a special look at one autumnal community in this excerpt. Aspens also have a visually distinct bark: a smooth white surface calligraphed with uncanny black knotholes that look like eyes. The white portion is…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (238+ words) Image courtesy of Canva. DO YOU LOVE ORION? Have you ever imagined getting your work published by us? Well, you might be in luck! In September, Orion is opening two pitch windows, one for digital-exclusive stories, and the other for…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1245+ words) Orion Magazine FRESH OUT OF COLLEGE and into the Great Recession, I abandoned my studies to chase a childhood dream: to join the pantheon of dolphin and whale trainers anywhere I could be near captive cetaceans. This dream initially took…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (531+ words) Diamond—whom I eventually met, befriended, and even hike with sometimes—sat down with me to talk about writing, the celebrity animals of national parks, and being a “Vegas evangelist.” Our conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Tajja…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (374+ words) A massive humpback whale glides directly beneath the camera, revealing its powerful body and tail before disappearing into the dark, cold, murky water, surrounded by the silent, mysterious depths of the ocean. Stanislav Stelmakhovich / Wikimedia Commons I confess when I…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (505+ words) IN WHICH FORMER Orion board chair Chris Nye and Philip Francis, director of the Seguinland Institute, discuss the need for a radical rethinking of our education systems and celebrate Chris’s recent book Beyond Tomorrow: Planning a New Civilization. Philip Francis:…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1110+ words) Aimee Nezhukumatathil is a poet, author, professor, Orion contributing editor (and our former poetry editor!), tiny dog enthusiast, and champion of fireflies, night skies, and finding wonder wherever she looks. Read on to discover her thoughts on lychees and lumpia…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1225+ words) Orion Magazine ONCE, SNORKELING OFF HAWAII’S BIG ISLAND, I was delighted when a dolphin slipped across my legs, his supple flanks cool and sleek as silk. Another juvenile dolphin streaked under my outstretched hand, belly-up as a sign of trust....