Writer of wildlife, wild lands, health, biodiversity and more. Science communication coach & teacher. I've done it all: journalism, nonprofits, & government.
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Hi folks, shifting most of my posting over to LinkedIn these days. Feel free to check me out there!
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Some (mostly) good news for the holiday season. Thanks to the visionaries who created and passed the 50 year old Endangered Species Act. sierraclub.org/sierra/2023-4…
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Ladies and gentlemen, the best rock climber in the park.
ALT A bighorn sheep standing on a large boulder with a Joshua tree in the foreground and a desert mountain in blue sky in the background
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Don't SCREAM! 👻 The ghost-faced bat is only murderous to insects. #BatWeek
📷 Sherri & Brock Fenton
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21 species removed from US Endangered Species Act after going extinct theguardian.com/us-news/2023…
For #felidfriday my take on assisted reproduction and #biodiversity conservation. amymathewsamos.com/2023/09/2…
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Grateful that Morad Tohbaz is finally released from Iran. A dedicated conservationist, he shared his expertise with me for two stories on the #endangered Persian leopard back in 2014 and 2016 for @EarthTouch. May he do more good work in the future. earthtouchnews.com/conservat…
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Assisted reproduction and private lands: the new face of #endangeredspecies conservation? Read about saving wild #ocelots in my latest for @sciam scientificamerican.com/artic…
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Researchers will inseminate female ocelots in zoos with sperm from the few remaining wild ocelots, then train kittens for the wild trib.al/2a23NI7
Is this the future of #endangeredspecies conservation? See my latest on saving #ocelots in Texas @sciam And read more about big cats on my website. scientificamerican.com/artic…
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Wow! Amazing news! We now have a wolf pack in Tulare County in California. OR-93 led the way! From @CaliforniaDFW
Important insights on the #extinction crisis with @johnrplatt, editor of @Revelator_News. Ivory-billed woodpeckers, freshwater mussels and more. therevelator.org/ivory-bille…
Yeah. It's so ironic that grizzlies are on the state flag but none remain in the state. But hard to imagine a #rewilding there.
Just spotted off of Abbot-Kinney in Venice Beach. The Angelenos are ready for #rewilding and I’m here for it …
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Given that today is #NationalCougarDay, it's worth remembering that roads & vehicles are the gravest threats to America's mountain lions, and that perhaps the best thing we can do for these iconic cats is to help them safely cross highways. #roadecology
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