Oceanographer Paul Snelgrove opened people’s eyes to the vastness of the ocean: “We know more about the surface of the Moon and about Mars than we do about the deep sea floor, despite the fact that we have yet ...
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Kara Jamie Norton (@whereskara) is an independent science journalist based in New York City.
Storytelling For Change: An Interview With Photographers Without Borders’ Danielle Da Silva
A photograph has immense power. As an award-winning photographer, filmmaker and speaker, Danielle Da Silva is acutely aware of the impact storytelling can have on the way we see the world. She is also the Founder and ...
READ MORE ›Spying for Science: How “Spy in the Wild” is Influencing The Way Scientists Observe Wildlife
Shrouded by ferns, baby Spy Gorilla, is perfectly positioned to observe the elusive wild mountain gorillas of Uganda. Outfitted with a 4K camera in one eye, the robotic spy creature takes in the lush jungle surroundings ...
READ MORE ›The Pandemic’s Effect on Wildlife: An Interview with National Geographic Photographer and Filmmaker Ami Vitale
Northern white rhinos are in trouble, even when we are not in the midst of a global pandemic. Nobody knows this more intimately than National Geographic photographer and author Ami Vitale, who has been photographing ...
READ MORE ›Hiding in Plain Sight: Connecting With Nature in Your City
To the untrained eye there are only trees and brambling shrubs, but Dr. Leslie Day’s eyes are seasoned experts, scanning Fort Tryon Park with the precision of a red-tailed hawk. “You see that, that’s whitewash ...
READ MORE ›What Nature Can Teach Us About Resiliency
In the aftermath of a hurricane where trees, earth and structures are swept away, it is hard to imagine an animal as small as an ant surviving. However, that’s just what fire ants were able to do in the wake of Hurricane ...
READ MORE ›Experience Spring at Home
Social-distancing protocols, work-from-home mandates, and widespread travel restrictions have left the majority of us confined to our homes—and craving a connection to the natural world. Despite the collective global ...
READ MORE ›The Truth About “Tiger King” And Cats in Captivity
Here’s what two journalists, who’ve documented the captive tiger tourism industry for years, had to say about Netflix’s Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. Sharon Guynup (SG) is a journalist who ...
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