On Wednesday night, the Lowell Humanities Series at Boston College welcomed a storyteller who has danced with octopi and been chased by silverback gorillas. Sy Montgomery, whose pen has chronicled the ...

Editor’s note: This segment was rebroadcast on May 12, 2025. Find that audio here. Sy Montgomery has written more than 34 books about some of the world’s most mysterious and beloved creatures. Her ...

Something Wild on NHPR airs every other Friday on Morning Edition at 6:45 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. with a rebroadcast on Weekend Edition. These segments are hosted by Dave Anderson & Chris Martin, and ...

Three clucks to Sy Montgomery, who 14 years after publishing “Birdology,” is still finding ways to make money off the charming stories she told in that book about various avian species. “What the ...

Nov. 2—Sy Montgomery has communed with golden moon bears in Southeast Asia, pink dolphins in South America and great apes in Africa. She has shown us the "Soul of an Octopus" and "How to be a Good ...

“In many cultures, the world is built on the back of a turtle, including in North America, which was Turtle Island, according to the native people. They know stuff.” That’s New Hampshire author and ...

In her paean to the emotional and cognitive power of chickens, “What the Chicken Knows,” Sy Montgomery recalls the first time she hand-raised a flock in her home office, working at her computer with ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. BETHEL — Award-winning author Sy Montgomery is coming to Bethel. As part of ...

Sy Montgomery has written more than 34 books about some of the world's most mysterious and beloved creatures. Her 2015 book "The Soul of An Octopus" was a love letter to the intelligence of the ...