In which I don a Tyvek suit and head underground, on the trail of biologists and bats. White-nose syndrome, a fast-moving fungal disease, is decimating cave-dwelling bats in the northeastern United States -- and threatening to spread across the continent. Winner of the 2012 Award for Reporting on a Significant Topic from the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

To meet our coming power demands, we'll need to radically change our energy systems. A review of Maggie Koerth-Baker's book Before the Lights Go Out.

On the peculiar allure of wide horizons. Also published by High Country News.

Edited by Elizabeth Kolbert, this anthology includes my Orion story "Taking Wildness in Hand." "New Yorker contributor Kolbert has pulled together a magnificent display of writing." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)