Fall 2026

When you step into the Arb, it feels as if time has stopped. If you’ve managed to leave your phone behind, you’ll hear only the twittering of birds, the rustling…

Readers write back: Rising to the Occasion; Japan Memories; Transformative Travel; Aesthetic Expansion; Just Ask!; Addressing Gun Violence; Unnnnreal: The ’60s at Carleton; You Can’t Get There from Here

Imagine bringing the spirit of the Arb, of connection to the land around you, to your own home and people

Nine Carls responded to our Arboretum open call, sharing how this land endures in their memories, years and even decades later

Arboretum caretakers—students, faculty, and staff—share the Arb locations that give each of them joy

A look at 10 non-human relatives honored by Indigenous Peoples for their healing properties

Three generations of Carleton ornithologists tell how they got hooked on birds, what it means to study them for a career, and what’s at stake when they’re endangered.

From art and science to archaeology, many professors at Carleton use the Arb as a secondary—or even primary—classroom for teaching, research, and sometimes materials.

Nathan Senner ’04 argues that a July 2026 revision to the Endangered Species Act is a catastrophe that squares with neither science nor common sense.

“People would ask, what are you doing this weekend? Well, going arbing. And it didn’t mean a walk in nature.”