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Note that this documentary grew out of a story FERN produced in 2023 with bioGraphic. You can read it here: thefern.org/2023/01/trou...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Note that this documentary grew out of a story FERN produced in 2023 with bioGraphic. You can read it here: thefern.org/2023/01/trou...
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Despite having the most prolific remaining wild salmon runs on Earth, Alaska leads the world in salmon hatchery production. But as Miranda Weiss and Rafael de la Uz explain in their video documentary for FERN and Alaska Public Media, this production comes at a cost.
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Despite having the most prolific remaining wild salmon runs on Earth, Alaska leads the world in salmon hatchery production. But as Miranda Weiss and Rafael de la Uz explain in their video documentary for FERN and Alaska Public Media, this production comes at a cost.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
🦇🦍🦉 Do you root for the weird, wild, under-appreciated species of the world? The slime molds and sunflower stars; the cormorants and caddisflies?
So do we. And we need your help! A donation of any amount goes straight to supporting narrative journalism about biodiversity. Pls spread the word! 🐢🐛🌵
So do we. And we need your help! A donation of any amount goes straight to supporting narrative journalism about biodiversity. Pls spread the word! 🐢🐛🌵
Remember last year, when bioGraphic and Hakai Magazine were both facing uncertain futures? Your donations saved the day--we raised $140,000 and lived to publish another day!
Now we need help balancing our 2026 budget. Please donate via the link below, and snag some cool stickers to boot!
Now we need help balancing our 2026 budget. Please donate via the link below, and snag some cool stickers to boot!
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Remember last year, when bioGraphic and Hakai Magazine were both facing uncertain futures? Your donations saved the day--we raised $140,000 and lived to publish another day!
Now we need help balancing our 2026 budget. Please donate via the link below, and snag some cool stickers to boot!
Now we need help balancing our 2026 budget. Please donate via the link below, and snag some cool stickers to boot!
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October 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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For @biographic.bsky.social, I reported from across rural Illinois on an environmental crisis unfolding in the Midwest: herbicides drifting off millions of acres of crop fields are slowly killing oaks and other native tree species. #longreads
The Scourge of Native Oaks is Blowing in the Wind
Scientists and conservationists in the U.S. Midwest are working to stop herbicides from industrial agriculture from drifting onto the region’s remaining hardwood trees
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November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
For @biographic.bsky.social, I reported from across rural Illinois on an environmental crisis unfolding in the Midwest: herbicides drifting off millions of acres of crop fields are slowly killing oaks and other native tree species. #longreads
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Rare samango monkeys are collateral damage as global heating forces people to move up mountainsides
November 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Rare samango monkeys are collateral damage as global heating forces people to move up mountainsides
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The Collateral Damage of Climate Migration
As the planet warms, people are moving—bringing familiar fights to new battlegrounds.
by @mambondiyani.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/the-collater...
As the planet warms, people are moving—bringing familiar fights to new battlegrounds.
by @mambondiyani.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/the-collater...
The Collateral Damage of Climate Migration - bioGraphic
As the planet warms, people are moving—bringing familiar fights to new battlegrounds.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Collateral Damage of Climate Migration
As the planet warms, people are moving—bringing familiar fights to new battlegrounds.
by @mambondiyani.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/the-collater...
As the planet warms, people are moving—bringing familiar fights to new battlegrounds.
by @mambondiyani.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/the-collater...
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Yet another valuable, fascinating and beautifully illustrated story from @biographic.bsky.social
#DefendTheDeep
#DefendTheDeep
Scientists long assumed that inactive vents, without the mineral-rich plumes that make active vents so mesmerizing, didn’t host unique lifeforms.
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
Life Finds a Way, Even on Inactive Hydrothermal Vents - bioGraphic
In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Yet another valuable, fascinating and beautifully illustrated story from @biographic.bsky.social
#DefendTheDeep
#DefendTheDeep
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Scientists long assumed that inactive vents, without the mineral-rich plumes that make active vents so mesmerizing, didn’t host unique lifeforms.
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
Life Finds a Way, Even on Inactive Hydrothermal Vents - bioGraphic
In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.
www.biographic.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Scientists long assumed that inactive vents, without the mineral-rich plumes that make active vents so mesmerizing, didn’t host unique lifeforms.
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
Svalbard rock ptarmigan are the northernmost land-dwelling birds on the planet, never leaving their island haunts of Svalbard in Norway and Franz Josef Land in Russia, even during the four-month-long darkness of the high-Arctic winter. How do they do it? Find out here:
The Snowshoe Effect - bioGraphic
The Svalbard rock ptarmigan, Earth’s northernmost land bird, is finely tuned for winter survival.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Svalbard rock ptarmigan are the northernmost land-dwelling birds on the planet, never leaving their island haunts of Svalbard in Norway and Franz Josef Land in Russia, even during the four-month-long darkness of the high-Arctic winter. How do they do it? Find out here:
The Collateral Damage of Climate Migration
As the planet warms, people are moving—bringing familiar fights to new battlegrounds.
by @mambondiyani.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/the-collater...
As the planet warms, people are moving—bringing familiar fights to new battlegrounds.
by @mambondiyani.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/the-collater...
The Collateral Damage of Climate Migration - bioGraphic
As the planet warms, people are moving—bringing familiar fights to new battlegrounds.
www.biographic.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Collateral Damage of Climate Migration
As the planet warms, people are moving—bringing familiar fights to new battlegrounds.
by @mambondiyani.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/the-collater...
As the planet warms, people are moving—bringing familiar fights to new battlegrounds.
by @mambondiyani.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/the-collater...
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Wildfires are becoming more frequent and severe. Preventing them from getting worse will require cutting carbon emissions and righting centuries of flawed land management. But animals can help make our increasingly scorched planet more resilient—if we let them. www.biographic.com/its-time-for...
It’s Time for Nature’s Fire Brigade - bioGraphic
When it comes to restoring land and preventing wildfires, some animals—like pangolins—have a lot to offer. Can helping them help us?
www.biographic.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Wildfires are becoming more frequent and severe. Preventing them from getting worse will require cutting carbon emissions and righting centuries of flawed land management. But animals can help make our increasingly scorched planet more resilient—if we let them. www.biographic.com/its-time-for...
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There are about 1 billion dogs on the planet - but most of them (80%!) are not pets. What can their success teach us about how animals adapt to human landscapes, and how to make our environments more welcoming to them. My story for @biographic.bsky.social 🧪
www.biographic.com/canis-famili...
www.biographic.com/canis-famili...
Canis familiaris? Maybe Less Than You Think - bioGraphic
We think of them as pets, but the vast majority of the world’s dogs live free-range in the environment. Understanding them could be key to helping urban wildlife thrive.
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October 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
There are about 1 billion dogs on the planet - but most of them (80%!) are not pets. What can their success teach us about how animals adapt to human landscapes, and how to make our environments more welcoming to them. My story for @biographic.bsky.social 🧪
www.biographic.com/canis-famili...
www.biographic.com/canis-famili...
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Critical Minerals? There’s a Plant for That
Could phytomining—using plants to pull metal out of the soil—put the green in “green transition”?
by @sarahdeweerdt.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/critical-min...
Could phytomining—using plants to pull metal out of the soil—put the green in “green transition”?
by @sarahdeweerdt.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/critical-min...
Critical Minerals? There’s a Plant for That - bioGraphic
Could phytomining—using plants to pull metal out of the soil—put the green in “green transition”?
www.biographic.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Critical Minerals? There’s a Plant for That
Could phytomining—using plants to pull metal out of the soil—put the green in “green transition”?
by @sarahdeweerdt.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/critical-min...
Could phytomining—using plants to pull metal out of the soil—put the green in “green transition”?
by @sarahdeweerdt.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/critical-min...
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Life Finds a Way, Even on Inactive Hydrothermal Vents
In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.
by Elyse Hauser
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.
by Elyse Hauser
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
Life Finds a Way, Even on Inactive Hydrothermal Vents - bioGraphic
In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.
www.biographic.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Life Finds a Way, Even on Inactive Hydrothermal Vents
In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.
by Elyse Hauser
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.
by Elyse Hauser
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
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A remarkable and quiet ecological movement has been slowly growing for decades in Tucson, Arizona. Instead of only focusing on restoring degraded habitat, it encourages people to reimagine and reconnect with their local landscapes—beginning by accepting them on their own imperfect terms.
Love the Habitat You're With
Locals in Tucson, Arizona are applying “reconciliation ecology” techniques to rehabilitate the region’s degraded landscapes and waterways.
www.biographic.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A remarkable and quiet ecological movement has been slowly growing for decades in Tucson, Arizona. Instead of only focusing on restoring degraded habitat, it encourages people to reimagine and reconnect with their local landscapes—beginning by accepting them on their own imperfect terms.
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Look at these itty bitty little beauties--microscopic snails and other species that scientists say may be uniquely associated with cold, inactive deep sea hydrothermal vents
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Look at these itty bitty little beauties--microscopic snails and other species that scientists say may be uniquely associated with cold, inactive deep sea hydrothermal vents
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Ping, You’ve Got Whale
A new artificial intelligence-powered detection system is giving ship captains real-time alerts when a whale is in their path.
by @ashleybraun.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/ping-youve-g...
A new artificial intelligence-powered detection system is giving ship captains real-time alerts when a whale is in their path.
by @ashleybraun.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/ping-youve-g...
Ping, You've Got Whale - bioGraphic
A new artificial intelligence-powered detection system is giving ship captains real-time alerts when a whale is in their path.
www.biographic.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Ping, You’ve Got Whale
A new artificial intelligence-powered detection system is giving ship captains real-time alerts when a whale is in their path.
by @ashleybraun.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/ping-youve-g...
A new artificial intelligence-powered detection system is giving ship captains real-time alerts when a whale is in their path.
by @ashleybraun.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/ping-youve-g...
Life Finds a Way, Even on Inactive Hydrothermal Vents
In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.
by Elyse Hauser
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.
by Elyse Hauser
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
Life Finds a Way, Even on Inactive Hydrothermal Vents - bioGraphic
In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.
www.biographic.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Life Finds a Way, Even on Inactive Hydrothermal Vents
In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.
by Elyse Hauser
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.
by Elyse Hauser
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
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Also- Check out their COBRA webinar 🌊🧪
“Ecology and ecosystem services of inactive hydrothermal vent deposits”
Dr. Jason Sylvan (Texas A&M University) & Dr. Amanda Achberger (Louisiana State University)
Watch recording here:
“Ecology and ecosystem services of inactive hydrothermal vent deposits”
Dr. Jason Sylvan (Texas A&M University) & Dr. Amanda Achberger (Louisiana State University)
Watch recording here:
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Also- Check out their COBRA webinar 🌊🧪
“Ecology and ecosystem services of inactive hydrothermal vent deposits”
Dr. Jason Sylvan (Texas A&M University) & Dr. Amanda Achberger (Louisiana State University)
Watch recording here:
“Ecology and ecosystem services of inactive hydrothermal vent deposits”
Dr. Jason Sylvan (Texas A&M University) & Dr. Amanda Achberger (Louisiana State University)
Watch recording here:
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Every now and then I remember that sponges are ANIMALS — that these seeming hybrids of plant and rock; these sessile, porous, tissue-and-organ-less barrels, tubes, and blobs are just as much an animal as a falcon, wolf, or shark — and marvel once more at the wonderful weirdness of life on Earth.
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Every now and then I remember that sponges are ANIMALS — that these seeming hybrids of plant and rock; these sessile, porous, tissue-and-organ-less barrels, tubes, and blobs are just as much an animal as a falcon, wolf, or shark — and marvel once more at the wonderful weirdness of life on Earth.
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Very cool story. More deep sea beauties uncovered!
Scientists long assumed that inactive vents, without the mineral-rich plumes that make active vents so mesmerizing, didn’t host unique lifeforms.
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
Life Finds a Way, Even on Inactive Hydrothermal Vents - bioGraphic
In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.
www.biographic.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Very cool story. More deep sea beauties uncovered!
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🧪⚒️ Makes sense that alteration of a big pile of sulfides could still be an energy source , but the amount and diversity of life supported after active venting has ceased is a cool surprise!
Yet more evidence of how stupid and destructive deep sea mining would be.
Yet more evidence of how stupid and destructive deep sea mining would be.
Scientists long assumed that inactive vents, without the mineral-rich plumes that make active vents so mesmerizing, didn’t host unique lifeforms.
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
Life Finds a Way, Even on Inactive Hydrothermal Vents - bioGraphic
In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.
www.biographic.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🧪⚒️ Makes sense that alteration of a big pile of sulfides could still be an energy source , but the amount and diversity of life supported after active venting has ceased is a cool surprise!
Yet more evidence of how stupid and destructive deep sea mining would be.
Yet more evidence of how stupid and destructive deep sea mining would be.
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I love the way each of the six baby crocodiles in this photo seems to have a completely distinct personality.
Top (l.-r.): Introvert, idealist, jerk
Bottom (l.-r.): Class clown, stoner, pessimist
Top (l.-r.): Introvert, idealist, jerk
Bottom (l.-r.): Class clown, stoner, pessimist
By the mid-1970s, only 200 American crocodiles remained, their habitat largely gobbled up by sunseekers. But hope lurked in the shadows of a nuclear power plant—the same facility built to air-condition the homes that had led to the reptiles’ demise. Read more about this unlikely partnership:
The Comeback Croc - bioGraphic
American crocodiles are booming in Florida, thanks to a little help from a nuclear power plant.
www.biographic.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I love the way each of the six baby crocodiles in this photo seems to have a completely distinct personality.
Top (l.-r.): Introvert, idealist, jerk
Bottom (l.-r.): Class clown, stoner, pessimist
Top (l.-r.): Introvert, idealist, jerk
Bottom (l.-r.): Class clown, stoner, pessimist