Octopuses are a-maze-ing. Watch this one solve a super-maze. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7__r...

A lovely new review of "Alfie and Me." For this reviewer, the book is a rich pastry of a reading experience. mailchi.mp/258cafda6461...

Jane Goodall, who broke barriers of all sorts, has passed at age 91. Her accomplishments will always live, because she changed the world, the way we work, and how see humans and our other relatives. Here we are in a Zoom conference together 4 years ago.

A million and a half views in less than a week! People sure are enjoying my video podcast with Oprah Winfrey. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Fr...

A million and a half views in less than a week! People sure are enjoying my video podcast with Opray Winfrey. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Fr...

My interview with Oprah Winfrey is live! Feel free to enjoy and to share. We ranged from dogs to the sacredness of Life on Earth. I am really pleased with how it turned out and Oprah's producer says it's one of his all-time faves in the series.

My interview with Oprah Winfrey is live! Feel free to enjoy and to share. We ranged from dogs to the sacredness of Life on Earth. I am really pleased with how it turned out and Oprah's producer says it's one of his all-time faves in the series.

So, yes!— My interview with Oprah Winfrey is live today. Feel free to enjoy and to share. We ranged from dogs to the sacredness of Life on Earth. I am really pleased with how it turned out and Oprah's producer says it's one of his all-time faves in the series. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Fr...

A must listen! @csafina.bsky.social discusses the emotional lives of animals and our sacred connection with them on The Oprah Podcast! www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Fr...

My conversation with Oprah Winfrey on the Oprah Podcast is out now!

I think you’d enjoy this video of the first two tunes of our recent concert in the park on Long Island. It was a perfect afternoon for playing music outdoors. I had a ton of fun with such great musicians: drive.google.com/file/d/1nWyp...

Hi there—You might enjoy this video compilation that I put together of my recent trip in Mozambique. The project is amazing in its big-picture scope and vision for people and nature: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFPr...

Hi there—I've put together a video of highlights from my recent trip to Mozambique's Gorongosa Project. The project is amazing in its scope and vision. Have a look! drive.google.com/file/d/1TyfX...

Since at least the 1980's, there have been documented instances of #humpback #whales blowing "bubble rings" in front of humans. In a new post on our blog, Jodi Frediani writes about her team's recent study on this phenomenon and what it might tell us about our #cetacean neighbors 🌏

"Dogs have everything we wish we could be without the things we wish humans didn't have. Dogs, in a way, are who we wish we were." Carl Safina speaks on the relationship we have with dogs and other animals in a new video from JUST A DOG: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDKg...

Gorgeous new ad about Alfie the owl and the book. Enjoy. www.facebook.com/615515489690...

If you're on Long Island, New York... Come see and hear our great band on August 16th at this very fun event. Featuring famed vocalist Mala Waldron.

ALFIE gets a shout at Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon.

OK--THIS is gonna be good. My best-kept secret is that I'm a jazz drummer. We're doing two outdoor concerts on Long Island, NY.

In her new article, TSC Conservationist-in-Residence @hobdy71.bsky.social writes of two military initiatives threatening protected #Hawaiian islets that over 1.5 million #seabirds rely on for nesting. Hawaiian residents and #conservation organizations are fighting to keep these islands safe. 🌎

Today marks 10 years since Cecil the #lion was killed by a trophy hunter. Today on our blog, Safina Center Fellow @mstarling.bsky.social speaks with Dr. Andy Loveridge, the director of Panthera’s lion program and one of the biologists tracking Cecil with GPS tags before his untimely death.

Orcas share food with one another, so they were just being themselves with us. I'm quoted in this article. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

@csafina.bsky.social spoke about his book "Alfie & Me," and our relationship with the natural world at the New Canaan Library last month. You can watch the entire presentation on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzwv...

Happy Juneteenth. A holiday worthy of reflection and celebration of the best and most important step forward in our nation since its founding.

Last month, Safina Center Fellow Priya Parrotta released "Vegana Vol. 1," a #BossaNova album about embracing a vegan lifestyle, eschewing consumerism, and building community around a shared desire for a more loving world. You can listen to the full album for free or purchase it on Priya's BandCamp:

All in favor of fascism in a militarized United States, you're in the top photo. All opposed? You in the bottom photo. Both on June 14. We are bigger!

This week, congress will vote on a rescissions package that would take over $1 billion of funding away from public TV networks like PBS. We ask you to write to your members of congress and urge them to vote against rescinding the funding that makes shows like PBS' "Nature" and "Menghayati" possible.

Happy World Oceans Day (for me, that's every day. You too, if you breathe oxygen).

If you're on Long Island or in NYCity, come out and take a break and feel good. You deserve it. You need it. I'd love to see you.

My latest opinion piece, just out today, is about what I learned about political strategy from watching lions. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/o...

Alfie's young ones are starting to look like owls!

Since 2022, it has been illegal to catch North Atlantic shortfin mako #sharks. So why is it so easy to buy their meat online? Safina Center Historical Journalism Fellow @raffiwriter.bsky.social writes about shark steaks and illegal #wildlife trade in his latest blog post 🌎

Alfie continues to be a perfect owl mom. These six owlets bring her lifetime total to 21 hatched. She has never lost one in the nest. All prior broods have fledged. They will probably leave the nest in the 2nd week of June. Her mate Jack has continued to be an able hunter and provider.

By studying over 700 ancient poems, scientists have shed light on the Yangtze finless porpoise's population throughout history. This data may provide insight on where the endangered species can thrive in the future. 🌏 Safina Center Fellow @mstarling.bsky.social has the full story via @cnn.com:

Safina Center Historical Journalism Fellow @raffiwriter.bsky.social shares more stories from the #ocean: from complex microscopic life working together to produce oxygen, to a potential discovery that could offer new explanations to the origin of life on Earth. 🌎

Read about wildlife refuges, environmental education, upcoming events, and more in this week's Safina Center update! Join our mailing list to receive updates like this directly to your inbox! ow.ly/1NPA50VRgts

“Several waterbird populations are at critical levels and it's up to our generation to pledge they will not go extinct" @hobdy71.bsky.social speaks with Thomas Daubert, Executive Director of Friends of Kauaʻi Wildlife Refuges, about protecting wildlife refuges amidst federal layoffs #conservation 🌎

quite possibly the worst and most dystopian scientific headline ever: LATEST NEWS Dying coral reefs could slow climate change Dissolving skeletons would boost oceans’ ability to soak up carbon dioxide. www.science.org/content/arti...

In a new episode of Teaching Climate Together, TSC Fellow @isaiashernandez.bsky.social has a candid conversation with Oscar Salguero, the curator of the Interspecies Library—the first archive dedicated to the curation and advancement of artists’ books focused on alternative interspecies futures. 🌍

Safina Center Writer-in-Residence @4fishgreenberg.bsky.social will deliver the keynote speech at Stony Brook University Food Lab’s Sea to Soil Symposium on Friday, May 2! 5 esteemed speakers will discuss resilient #agriculture, #climate adaptations, and #sustainable food systems. Register now!

Today is world penguin day. Make a splash! (photo: Carl Safina, South Georgia Island.)

Good news on Earth Day: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/c...

"You don’t have to be on the Serengeti or the bottom of the ocean to know what birds are at the feeder today and what phase the moon is in and whether a warm front is coming to deliver a lightning show tonight." - @4fishgreenberg.bsky.social and @csafina.bsky.social #EarthDay #EarthDay2025

On Earth Day, from the people whose every decision hurts someone or something: EPA has scrapped $1.5 billion in grants for environmental justice and frozen $20 billion in funding for clean energy and efficiency programs. www.science.org/content/arti... www.science.org/content/arti...

Ahoy fellow Earth voyagers. time.com/6273684/eart...

"Making anything better is worth it. Saving anyone is worth it. Feeling the grief and channeling it into action is always worth it." Safina Center Fellow @mikaelaloach.bsky.social reminds us that it's never too late to fight for a just and sustainable world. #activism #climate #conservation 🌍

On this day 15 years ago, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig underwent a blowout induced by negligence and greed, killing eleven workers and creating the worst individual oil pollution event in US History. I chronicled the months of chaos, fraud, and ineptitude that followed.

Nationwide resistance this Saturday; find your closest event. www.fiftyfifty.one/events

T'rump ending protections of huge ocean areas. www.civilbeat.org/2025/04/trum...