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We didn’t realize how connected we were until we had to disconnect.

An excerpt from Benson Bobrick’s new book, a memoir of his life and work as a writer.

An excerpt from a new book about a quest to find an elusive owl, in which an expedition member tells a harrowing tale of survival.

Is Russia somehow different from other nations, or is it just like any other?

The cover of this issue of the magazine is the final of a series of four seasonal images we commissioned from Asya Lisina. We asked her to explain how she went about crafting this image.

“Geography is destiny,” Napoleon is said to have uttered. Shortly afterward he invaded Russia, proving both his maxim and that of one of his imperialistic predecessors, Julius Caesar: “It’s only hubris if I fail.”

American bees are dying from mysterious causes, putting our agriculture at risk for lack of pollinators. Russian bees might be part of a solution.

Excerpt from a new book in which the author recreates the famous journeys of the photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky.