Monthly
$5.90
per month
Membership
Join the family.
Members make this work possible — the verifying, the writing, the slow careful search for stories that are true. Proceeds support our mission to protect animals and oceans, and to bring more true stories of hope into the world.
Membership plans
Yearly
$49
per year
Two months free
Cancel any time from your account. Secure payment through Stripe.
What members receive
All our books included
Every digital book — When Animals Taught Us Humanity, The Story of Us and Secrets of the Ocean — downloads free while you are a member, instead of $4.90 each.
Early access to new stories
New verified stories open to members first. You read them while they are still quiet, before they go out to everyone.
A member mark on the Wall
If you send in a story of your own, your name carries a small gold member mark on the Wall of Fame.
A vote on next week's hero
Each week members choose which reader story becomes This Week's Animal Hero. One gentle vote each.
Every story stays free to read. Membership is how you help us keep finding them.