Alexa Robles-Gil
@alexaroblesgil.bsky.social
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Science Reporter, The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/by/alexa-robles-gil
Off the coast of British Columbia, dolphins lead killer whales to salmon and earn their share of lunch, a new study reveals. My latest for
@nytimes.com
(gift link!)
#marinelife
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/s...
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Killer Whales Find an āUnlikely Friendā in Dolphins
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/science/orcas-dolphins-fish.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k8.JbjX.xEWSxD7pCwqX&smid=url-share
24 days ago
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Killer Whales Find an āUnlikely Friendā in Dolphins Off the coast of British Columbia, dolphins lead killer whales to salmon and earn their share of lunch, a new study reveals. By
@alexaroblesgil.bsky.social
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Killer Whales Find an āUnlikely Friendā in Dolphins
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/science/orcas-dolphins-fish.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Carl Zimmer
27 days ago
The twelfth installment in the
@nytimes.com
Lost Science series is up: an entomologist who helped protect people from malaria. Story by
@alexaroblesgil.bsky.social
Gift link:
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She Studied Mosquitoes to Prevent Malaria
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/science/malaria-usaid-mosquitoes.html
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The Open Notebook
29 days ago
*ļøā£ Focus on key statistics that will resonate with your audience. *ļøā£ Investigate how setbacks in studies could affect citizensā lives. TON/@bwfund.bsky.social early-career fellow Lucila Pinto spoke with
@emilywoodruff.bsky.social
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@alexaroblesgil.bsky.social
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How to Make Science and Health Funding Cuts Resonate with Readers - The Open Notebook
By tracking funding losses and finding angles that illustrate the impacts of those cuts beyond the numbers, journalists can give readers a deeper understanding of how fiscal decisions have profound co...
https://www.theopennotebook.com/2025/12/09/how-to-make-science-and-health-funding-cuts-resonate-with-readers/
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A global treaty has extended trade protections to more than 70 shark and ray species whose numbers are in sharp decline. my latest for
@nytimes.com
(gift link!)
#marinelife
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/s...
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Sharks and Rays Gain Sweeping Protections From Wildlife Trade
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/science/wildlife-trade-cites-sharks-rays.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5k8.309s.UQ4kIkJWs0N9&smid=url-share
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In my latest for
@nytimes.com
, scientists and Indigenous sailors in the Marshall Islands are studying seafaring and the human brain. I became completely fascinated by navigation while reporting this story. (gift link!)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/s...
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A Voyage Into the Art of Finding Oneās Way at Sea
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/science/neuroscience-brain-navigation-marshall-islands.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E8.ei_s.3MLo7r6jwauK&smid=url-share
about 1 month ago
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Hugo Spiers
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A huge thankyou to
@alexaroblesgil.bsky.social
for covering our research in the Marshall Islands for the
@nytimes.com
! In the photo Ken Daniels (an expert indigenous sailor) is looking towards the horizon whilst wearing an fNIRS system. Analysis underway!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/s...
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A Voyage Into the Art of Finding Oneās Way at Sea
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/science/neuroscience-brain-navigation-marshall-islands.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E8.ei_s.3MLo7r6jwauK&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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I first heard about orcas attacking white sharks while working as a field biologist in South Africa. Back then, no one had really seen it. Now, scientists in both South Africa and Mexico have drone footage. my latest for
@nytimes.com
(gift link!)
#marinelife
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/s...
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In Mexico, Killer Whales Take Down Great White Sharks
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/science/white-sharks-orcas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yU8.nJPq.tNb4W_9RMdD-&smid=url-share
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Through blackwater photos, scientists have found an interaction rarely seen before. Baby fish might be using free-living anemones to protect themselves from predators in the deep sea. The photos are a delight. my latest for
@nytimes.com
(gift link!)
#marinelife
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
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Armed With Anemones: How Some Young Fishes Survive in the Sea
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/science/marine-biology-blackwater-anemones-fishes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vE8.6EtH.fpesjW2QTfj6&smid=url-share
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The bumpy snailfish, discovered 10,000 feet down off the coast of California, shows that not all denizens of the abyss are frightening. (I watched the video more than 10 times.) My latest for
@nytimes.com
(gift link!)
#marinelife
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/s...
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A New, āAdorableā Deep-Sea Fish Swims Into View
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/science/fish-ocean-deep-sea.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kU8.P9vo.YoY9dE5sQ_2F&smid=url-share
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"It's not just cool ecology" ā my latest story for
@nytimes.com
looks at the benefits of letting bison roam as free as possible. (gift link!)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/s...
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In Yellowstone, Migratory Bison Reawaken a Landscape
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/science/ecology-bison-migration-yellowstone.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jU8.CWDc.KyLORezitZGo&smid=url-share
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Like humans, every tree has its own microbiome ā an invisible ecosystem that is only beginning to be understood. My latest for
@nytimes.com
(gift link!)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/s...
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In Every Tree, a Trillion Tiny Lives
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/science/biology-trees-microbiomes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hU8.8CNB.hThkZWD47kia&smid=url-share
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Another way drones are changing how scientists study whales: A new tagging method called tap-and-go allows researchers to gather more data on the health and behavior of whales, with less disruption. (gift link!)
#marinelife
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/s...
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How Scientists Are Using Drones to Study Sperm Whales
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/science/whales-drones-acoustics-tagging.html?unlocked_article_code=1.d08.OpNy.IbJSZWE43jTQ&smid=url-share
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Alan Burdick
5 months ago
I learned a lot about Fresnel lenses for this amazing series of lighthouse photographs by Michal Siarek:
nyti.ms/41qkFCN
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A Voyage to Bring Norwayās Lighthouses Into the 21st Century
More than 2,000 navigational beacons, big and small, oversee the nationās 60,000-mile-long coast. Now they need an upgrade.
https://nyti.ms/41qkFCN
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The New York Times
5 months ago
A zoo in Denmark is asking pet owners to donate their animal companions ā their guinea pigs, rabbits, chickens and even small horses ā to feed to its predators. In a Facebook post, the zoo noted that donations of pets would help it mimic the natural food chain.
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A Zoo in Denmark Wants to Feed Your Pets to Its Predators
A Danish zoo is asking owners of companion animals nearing lifeās end to instead donate them as food for captive lynxes, lions and other carnivores.
https://nyti.ms/40Mhfdt
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Since 2013, a mysterious epidemic wiped out billions of sea stars. A new study finally identifies the culprit. My latest for
@nytimes.com
(gift link below!)
#marinelife
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/s...
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Scientists Finally Identify Killer Microbe Behind āTerrifyingā Sea Star Disease
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/science/sea-stars-disease-vibrio-pectenicida.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bk8.CQVV.QRI6xC5Bi05i&smid=url-share
5 months ago
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You say potato,
@alexaroblesgil.bsky.social
says tomato:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/s...
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Whatās a Potato? A Nine-Million-Year-Old Tomato.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/science/evolution-agriculture-tomatoes-potatoes.html
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An ancient hybrid of tomatoes and potato-like plants may have given rise to the modern spud, a new study suggests.
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Whatās a Potato? A Nine-Million-Year-Old Tomato.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/science/evolution-agriculture-tomatoes-potatoes.html
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Once a surfer's paradise, a string of deadly attacks made RƩunion Island synonymous with one word only: sharks. But a team of scientists turned this tiny island into a hub of lifesaving research. For
@science.org
, I wrote about this fascinating place.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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How a string of deadly shark attacks made a remote island a hub of lifesaving research
After 11 deaths, RƩunion Island in the Indian Ocean became a center for shark attack science
https://www.science.org/content/article/how-string-deadly-shark-attacks-made-remote-island-hub-lifesaving-research
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Meredith Wadman
6 months ago
A fascinating summer read from the redoubtable
@alexaroblesgil.bsky.social
⬠for
@science.org
! How a string of deadly shark attacks made a remote island a hub of lifesaving research | Science | AAAS
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How a string of deadly shark attacks made a remote island a hub of lifesaving research
After 11 deaths, RƩunion Island in the Indian Ocean became a center for shark attack science
https://www.science.org/content/article/how-string-deadly-shark-attacks-made-remote-island-hub-lifesaving-research
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Dan Fagin
6 months ago
Big day in the NY Times for NYU SHERP. Congratulations William Herkewitz (SHERP 31) and
@alexaroblesgil.bsky.social
(SHERP 42)!
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/s...
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Jaws' release in 1975 haunted the reputation of sharks worldwide. But a generation of scientists helped turn the tide. My story for
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/s...
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Fifty Years After āJaws,ā Shark Science Is Still Surfacing
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/science/jaws-sharks-research.html
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Stunning video of this Antarctic gonate squid caught alive on camera for the first time. Before this, no one had ever seen this creature alive in the wild. Read more:
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Today is my first day on the job as a reporter fellow on the Science desk for
@nytimes.com
! Send me any tips to
[email protected]
7 months ago
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Meredith Wadman
8 months ago
"Promising" is overused when it comes to potential medicines, but here I think it's justified. 10s of millions of Americans have sleep apnea; many reject CPAP. @science.org.bsky.social : Sleep apnea pill shows striking success in large clinical trial | Science | AAAS
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Sleep apnea pill shows striking success in large clinical trial
Drug combination targeting lax airways is nearing an FDA submission
https://www.science.org/content/article/sleep-apnea-pill-shows-striking-success-large-clinical-trial
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Science Magazine
8 months ago
Work relating to Microsoftās new quantum computing chip has been called into question after an author on the 2017 study acknowledged it contained āundisclosed data manipulations,ā according to emails obtained by Retraction Watch and Science.
scim.ag/42Z6Vz2
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āData manipulationsā alleged in study that paved the way for Microsoftās quantum chip
Internal emails from 2021 reveal tensions among researchers hunting for elusive Majorana particle
https://scim.ag/42Z6Vz2
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Science Magazine
8 months ago
Did you hear? You can now listen to audio narrations of our
#NewsfromScience
stories. š§ Check out this new tool on a story about the oldest ant fossil ever found:
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Oldest ant fossil ever found reveals history of āhell antsā
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Oldest ant fossil ever found reveals history of āhell antsā
Unusual Brazilian specimen trapped in limestone is 113 million years old
https://www.science.org/content/article/oldest-ant-fossil-ever-found-reveals-history-hell-ants
9 months ago
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āIām going to keep trying to maintain the life that I have here,ā a Nigerian student says. āBut what life am I fighting for if people donāt want me here?ā International students in U.S. are reeling from terminated records and revoked visas. My latest for
@science.org
www.science.org/content/arti...
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International students in the U.S. are reeling amid revoked visas and terminated records
The moves also affect a temporary work program heavily used by STEM graduates
https://www.science.org/content/article/international-students-u-s-are-reeling-amid-revoked-visas-and-terminated-records
9 months ago
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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group
9 months ago
In November 2024, the CSG worked with the IUCN SSC and WCPA chairs to draft and send a letter of concern that has helped to halt a potentially harmful LNG development in an Important Marine Mammal Area in the Gulf of California. Read more at:
shorturl.at/VwvwF
#conservation
#IUCN
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Mexican whale researchers sound the alarm on an energy megaproject
A planned gas terminal would routinely send huge tankers through a marine mammal oasis, scientists fear
https://www.science.org/content/article/mexican-whale-researchers-sound-alarm-energy-megaproject
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In Mexico, a planned gas terminal threatens an important whale sanctuary. The controversial megaproject would routinely send huge tankers through the Gulf of California. If the project moves forward, "we are going to regret it a lot," a whale researcher told me.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Mexican whale researchers sound the alarm on an energy megaproject
A planned gas terminal would routinely send huge tankers through a marine mammal oasis, scientists fear
https://www.science.org/content/article/mexican-whale-researchers-sound-alarm-energy-megaproject
9 months ago
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Lisa M.P. Munoz
10 months ago
Excited to be working to share this new film on observation with the world, and especially the science community! A great writeup in Science by
@alexaroblesgil.bsky.social
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#science
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Humberto Basilio
10 months ago
The smartest and most beautiful person I know will now be covering Science for The New York Times. Please go follow her to keep reading her amazing work. Te amo, Alexa š¦ā¤ļø
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So happy to share I'll be joining the
@nytimes.com
as a reporting fellow on the science desk in June! I'm feeling really grateful and excited for this opportunity to continue covering science
www.nytco.com/careers/news...
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2025-26 Fellows | The New York Times Company
https://www.nytco.com/careers/newsroom/newsroom-fellowship/2025-26-fellows/
10 months ago
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A few weeks ago in Boston, I met the organizers behind the Stand Up for Science (
@standupforscience.bsky.social
) rally and spoke with them about their motivations in the buildup to the event. Read more in
@science.org
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āI really wanted something to happen.ā The students behind the Stand Up for Science protests
New group hopes to turn out researchers for 7 March demonstrations against Trump administration policies
https://www.science.org/content/article/i-really-wanted-something-happen-students-behind-stand-science-protests
10 months ago
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Hannah Richter
11 months ago
Today for
@science.org
šhttps://www.science.org/content/article/earth-s-inner-core-might-harbor-volcanoes-and-landslides
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Earthās inner core might harbor volcanoes and landslides
Seismic waves radiating through the planetās interior point to dramatic activity
https://www.science.org/content/article/earth-s-inner-core-might-harbor-volcanoes-and-landslides
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āWhen we listen long enough and when we look, we find more complexity in these animal communication systems.ā Really fascinating paper that deep dives into how whale song shares similar structures with human language My latest /
@science.org
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Humpback whale songs are structured like human language
Languagelike patterns in whale songs could make them easier for whales to learn
https://www.science.org/content/article/humpback-whale-songs-are-structured-human-language
11 months ago
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How do polar bears keep their fur ice-free despite living in the Arctic? These scientists have an answer š»āāļø My latest /
@science.org
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Polar bear fur has a built-in deicing feature
An analysis of the Arctic animalsā fur reveals chemical clues to how they stay ice-free
https://www.science.org/content/article/polar-bear-fur-has-built-deicing-feature
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Joe Spring
12 months ago
This is the way to give a song a natural vibe. A team of researchers trekked through Colombia and recorded the sounds of birds, frogs, jaguars and more, and used them to create a version of the national anthem.
@alexaroblesgil.bsky.social
with the story.
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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How Scientists and Composers Teamed Up to Create a Stunning Natural Version of Colombiaās National Anthem
A team trekked for two weeks and collected the sounds of birds, frogs, a jaguar and whales in order to make the song
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-scientists-and-composers-teamed-up-to-create-a-stunning-natural-version-of-colombias-national-anthem-180985699/
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Humberto Basilio
about 1 year ago
After 100 years of searching, scientists finally found this tiny frog. In Ecuador, where 57% of amphibians are endangered, this finding represents a flag of resistance in the battle to protect the forests from mining and illegal logging My story for NatGeo
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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This Ecuadorian frog was lost for 100 yearsāuntil now
Scientists believe this rediscovery will be vital to protect the country's most degraded ecosystem, the southern Andes mountains.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/frog-discovery-ecuador-extinct-endangered
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Humberto Basilio
about 1 year ago
Off-road vehicles racing through Chile's Atacama Desert have destroyed ancient geoglyphs over decades of competitions. Authorities have been unable to stop them. The images of the damage are striking. My investigation for
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/s...
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Desert Racers Demolish Art Carved by Ancient People in Chile
Preservationists say governments at all levels have failed to prevent authorized and illegal off-road racers from driving through giant figures of animals, humans and objects.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/science/geoglyphs-atacama-desert-rallies.html
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Claudia Geib
about 1 year ago
I have a new story up in
@theguardian.com
: how drones are showing promise in scaring predators, like grizzlies & wolves, away from human spaces in the American westāa way to keep both humans and animals safe as predator populations grow there.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Get away, grizzly: why scientists are chasing bears with drones
Wildlife experts in US west have found small aircraft are ideal for protecting humans and livestock from predators
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/16/bear-hazing-drones
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Kicking off my BlueSky feed with a recent story I did for
@smithsonianmag.bsky.social
In the āSalamander Capital of the World,ā Hurricane Helene flooded the ecosystems where the amphibians thrived. Will these species survive the aftermath?
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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Hurricane Helene Battered the 'Salamander Capital of the World' With Floods and Landslides. Will the Beloved Amphibians Survive the Aftermath?
The storm decimated a region rich with dozens of species already struggling with habitat loss and disease
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/hurricane-helene-battered-salamander-capital-world-floods-landslides-will-beloved-amphibians-survive-aftermath-180985396/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=1172024&utm_content=new
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