"...the idea behind Rotting Leaf Magazine is to explore the nature-society binary. To break it down and move it and challenge it. That’s the pretentious answer. I could also say that there’s just not enough weird shit getting published so why not some more?"

"I recently read Violet Lichen Books’s upcoming eco-fiction anthology, ECO24. The book is a collection of some of the best eco-fiction published in 2024 from both well-known and new short fiction writers, and there’s a lot of good writing here."

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"The authors of the study expected that these salamanders, like most ectotherms, would suppress their metabolism during the winter in order to reduce energy use and enter a state of dormancy. Instead, they observed the opposite."

"British Columbia is known for it’s mountainous and forested landscapes. The region is home several species of megafauna, including moose, deer, wolves, and endangered mountain caribou. It’s also the site of intense resource extraction in the forms of mining, forestry, and the petroleum industry."