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Work by Carolyn Castaño and a show inspired by cabinets of curiosities offer subversive delights. Plus, art at the Huntington and the Cheech, in our arts newsletter

When hunters are wandering through the woods and the weather becomes uncooperative for birding, columnist Clellie Lynch picks up the bird-related books that have been saved for the occasion.

Essays are like cupcakes: they're tasty, abundant, idiosyncratic, and small enough to finish without feeling you've overindulged - which leaves you vulnerable to the self-deception that just one more is a good idea. So here are some weekend reading suggestions for a lazy Sunday.

Cross’s glowing, sandy paintings are partially inspired by the Mesozoic Era fossils darting the English Jurassic Coast, where the artist stayed in early 2023 as part of his term at the Hogchester Arts Residency.

Are we really all destined to turn into crabs? Why are there so many animal algorithms, and are they all legit? And just how many times have we been wrong about the lemming?

The ‘Runamo Runes’ are one of archaeology's most embarrassing blunders. For centuries, scholars argued that natural rock cracks were ancient runes.

Twin academics Perry Zurn and Dani S Bassett fought to forge idiosyncratic paths through academia… then put that knowledge to use in a seven-year study of how we learn

In the early 1900s, newfound empathy for avian creatures helped wildlife observation displace dispassionate killing

Humans apparently have a strong need for unicorns and have been searching for them for more than 2,000 years.

As the Holy Roman Empire descended into religious conflicts, its Habsburg ruler surrounded himself with magicians, astrologers, and scryers. From the 15th to the 17th centuries, most European rulers dabbled in alchemy and magic. These were not...