“If we want to plug into the wonder of nature we need to start by actually spending time outside.” #hikingyukon www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

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My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Blur!

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My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Herbie Hancock!

Some plants are super reluctant to having their seeds saved so....how about pollen banking? From the talented @toughcitywriter.bsky.social for @biographic.bsky.social: www.biographic.com/banking-on-p... 🧪🌍 #conservation

Some plants are super reluctant to having their seeds saved so....how about pollen banking? From the talented @toughcitywriter.bsky.social for @biographic.bsky.social: www.biographic.com/banking-on-p... 🧪🌍 #conservation

It's Day 156 since cruise season began in Victoria. Today we host Riviera and Carnival Spirit. Expect the usual: air pollution, ocean pollution, garbage, traffic, noise 11am-midnite. Fun Fact: cruise tourists account for less than 2% of tourism spending in the region. It's high-impact, low-value.

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: De La Soul!

In term of having autonomy and choice over what you read, the next best thing to print is a newsletter. Thank you for the shout out! oldgrowth.substack.com/p/print-lives

In a notebook, I write down sentences that inspire me. This morning, from Mary Oliver's memoir, "Upstream," I wrote this down: "You must never stop being whimsical." A zine The World of Orcas" from @theorcaman.bsky.social is that, both playful and substantial. Thank you, Fred! www.theorcaman.com

I feel in love with green sea turtles while editing this story. By @adamskolnick.bsky.social, with images by Ralph Pace. It's such a nifty story! www.biographic.com/go-north-you... #conservation 🦑

Sonar is coming for the musky: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0b672e7... #conservation

@samandfuzzy.com Tobin says hi too! And Dave!

@samandfuzzy.com Hello!!!!

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Almost Grown? (He also grew up in what's known as, or at least used to be known as, the Pasta Triangle in New Jersey. There's some trivia for you.)

Great—although somewhat concerning regarding its pandemic brewing potential—story from recreational epidemiologist @judeisabella.bsky.social And who knew there was such an animal as a genet? What a beauty. www.biographic.com/aardvark-bur...

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Aardvark Burrows Could be Ground Zero for the Next Pandemic Animals of all kinds mix and mingle in underground burrows, offering troubling opportunities for diseases to jump species. by @judeisabella.bsky.social www.biographic.com/aardvark-bur...

Great reporting in Biographic on animal burrows and possible opportunities for diseases to jump species.

In an alternate universe, I am an epidemiologist. What can we learn about animal burrows when we train cameras on them? Who visits them? Many curious animals and, well, that could be worrisome: www.biographic.com/aardvark-bur... 🧪🦤🌍 #conservation #biodiversity

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Taiwan!

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Dan Tana's but I have no idea what the significance is.

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Monty Norman!

We covered the topic of pink salmon appearing in great numbers in Norwegian rivers with the one and only @judeisabella.bsky.social in episode 194. I think it's only a matter of time before their numbers increase significantly in Britain and Ireland. 🌍

"An economy that hinges on one metric—money—rewards profit-driven behaviour. But money is like a god that demands complete allegiance, leaving less space for the gods of small things, for the 260 or so other wild bumblebees...." www.biographic.com/plight-of-th... #biodiversity #conservation 🦤🧪🐝

In the 1980s, farmers began using captive-bred bumblebees to pollinate crops that couldn't be adequately pollinated by honeybees, such as greenhouse tomatoes. Now, decades later, the impact on native species and habitats is finally coming into focus. Our latest feature by @judeisabella.bsky.social:

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Bumblebees bumblebees bumblebees! My latest feature, for @biographic.bsky.social takes readers on a bumblebee safari into their wild, and domesticated, world few consider when eating greenhouse tomatoes: www.biographic.com/plight-of-th... #conservation 🦤 🧪 #bees

Please take time to journey into bumblebee land in the latest @biographic.bsky.social feature—I had no idea this buzzy world was so complex. Thank you to a writer's best friend, editor @shannabaker.bsky.social. And thanks to my photography pal, Grant Callegari. www.biographic.com/plight-of-th...

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Pattie Boyd, wife of George Harrison!

My PhD labmate @rhizalyssa.bsky.social leads this team! Our PhD advisor + lab alum had the nicest email chain celebrating this work today and I am just so stinking proud

For @biographic.bsky.social, writer @craigwelch.bsky.social followed @hakai.org scientist @rhizalyssa.bsky.social's quest to unveil the the killer that decimated populations of sea stars off the West Coast. It took a few years but the lab's hard work paid off: www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...

Scientists have identified the sea star killer in the Pacific Ocean. In this behind-the-scenes story, @craigwelch.bsky.social takes readers on a journey that began over 10 years ago when sea star wasting disease first surfaced. www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...

Thoughtful, illuminating, and surprising: lithub.com/what-happene...

My take on LLMs having a preference for em dashes & sentences that always include exactly three examples—these large language models train on stories authored by journalists. And journalists traditionally love em dashes & adhere to the rule of three examples. Two is coincidence, three a trend.

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Jane's Addiction! "“The quality of mercy is not strained, it dropeth as the gentle rain from heaven.”

It's very hard to be still for anyone allergic. But worth trying to sit and observe. theconversation.com/what-to-do-w...

Ireland's hiking landscape has transformed dramatically: from empty mountains 20 years ago to "busloads of hikers" today, straining traditional goodwill-based access arrangements on private farmland. 1/8 🧵

This is eye-opening, a new report on media ownership and capitulation to the powerful in the U.S. Does not look good. (Context: The rankings are focused on commercial media.) Two stars and many many chickens: www.freepress.net/who-owns-media

I have been looking at legacy and popular right-leaning publications and it looks as if most of them do not have a science section? I have never noticed that before. I mean, the Vatican has a science academy and publication wing where they publish things like: www.pas.va/en/publicati...

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Sopwith Camel! ❤️ Snoopy.

The marine world off the coast of British Columbia is becoming a model of cooperation between governments. Hope is a shared passion for protecting the ocean: www.biographic.com/welcome-to-t...

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet because who would not want to gaze into its blinking lights for eyes every day?

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: The New World Order.

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Jan Hooks!

I adore fact checkers like @amyvandenberg.bsky.social -- love this: "Verified, math." Thanks, Amy. You're the best!

This lovely piece reminds of the joy my dog Tessa brought to my life. She was my running companion, unwearoutable. A 40 km run was her warm up. Thank you @sarahmgilman.bsky.social: www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/07/16/o...

In the latest podcast episode featuring filmmaker Tom Opre and associate producer Tony Bynum, we discuss their new documentary 'The Real Yellowstone', a deep dive into conservation conflicts between ranching and rewilding in Montana. Here are some takeaways. 🧵🌍🦤 1/10