Some of the most colorful parts of the English language are the many beloved ... they remind us of the lessons that we can learn by simply observing nature. Caleb Clarkson is a biologist at ...

From aquabob to zawn, writer Robert Macfarlane's collection of unusual, achingly poetic words for nature creates a lexicon ... from Norn and Old English, Anglo-Romani, Cornish, Welsh, Irish ...