Under the Svalbard ice cap, Carboniferous-era coal seams. A good farmer rotates her crops. The crops don’t complain. It’s the fate of stalks and forests to vanish. Last year’s fires: Australia, ...

Children are captivated by snails, as much by the droll appearance and leisurely movements of the creatures as by the way they retract their eyestalks when touched. A children’s song from the late ...