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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!
We have a generous donor who will match up to $75K in reader donations!
Doubling your donation means we can publish more journalism about slime molds and sunflower stars, cormorants and caddisflies; stories that help you feel more connected to the natural world and inspired to protect it.
Doubling your donation means we can publish more journalism about slime molds and sunflower stars, cormorants and caddisflies; stories that help you feel more connected to the natural world and inspired to protect it.
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!
December 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We have a generous donor who will match up to $75K in reader donations!
Doubling your donation means we can publish more journalism about slime molds and sunflower stars, cormorants and caddisflies; stories that help you feel more connected to the natural world and inspired to protect it.
Doubling your donation means we can publish more journalism about slime molds and sunflower stars, cormorants and caddisflies; stories that help you feel more connected to the natural world and inspired to protect it.
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To build their model, the Heiltsuk used knowledge of bear movements garnered from DNA samples of bear fur collected across the territory, community interviews, and the Heiltsuk Traditional Use Study, which started gathering oral histories and traditional knowledge from Heiltsuk elders in the 1990s.
Charting a Course Through Bears’ Eyes
In British Columbia, stewards from the Heiltsuk First Nation are using computational models and Indigenous knowledge to protect bears’ access to salmon.
by @tjanepalmer.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/charting-a-c...
In British Columbia, stewards from the Heiltsuk First Nation are using computational models and Indigenous knowledge to protect bears’ access to salmon.
by @tjanepalmer.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/charting-a-c...
Charting a Course Through Bears' Eyes - bioGraphic
In British Columbia, First Nation stewards are using computational models and Indigenous knowledge to protect bears’ access to salmon.
www.biographic.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
To build their model, the Heiltsuk used knowledge of bear movements garnered from DNA samples of bear fur collected across the territory, community interviews, and the Heiltsuk Traditional Use Study, which started gathering oral histories and traditional knowledge from Heiltsuk elders in the 1990s.
Charting a Course Through Bears’ Eyes
In British Columbia, stewards from the Heiltsuk First Nation are using computational models and Indigenous knowledge to protect bears’ access to salmon.
by @tjanepalmer.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/charting-a-c...
In British Columbia, stewards from the Heiltsuk First Nation are using computational models and Indigenous knowledge to protect bears’ access to salmon.
by @tjanepalmer.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/charting-a-c...
Charting a Course Through Bears' Eyes - bioGraphic
In British Columbia, First Nation stewards are using computational models and Indigenous knowledge to protect bears’ access to salmon.
www.biographic.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Charting a Course Through Bears’ Eyes
In British Columbia, stewards from the Heiltsuk First Nation are using computational models and Indigenous knowledge to protect bears’ access to salmon.
by @tjanepalmer.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/charting-a-c...
In British Columbia, stewards from the Heiltsuk First Nation are using computational models and Indigenous knowledge to protect bears’ access to salmon.
by @tjanepalmer.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/charting-a-c...
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DEADLINE EXTENDED! We're giving you an extra few days to apply for up to $5,000 to cover climate and environmental stories in rural communities. Apply by **Dec. 8** https://grist.org/updates/grist-opens-applications-for-new-rural-reporting-grants-on-climate-and-environmental-justice/
Grist opens applications for new rural reporting grants on climate and environmental justice
Applicants can request up to $5,000 per project.
grist.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
DEADLINE EXTENDED! We're giving you an extra few days to apply for up to $5,000 to cover climate and environmental stories in rural communities. Apply by **Dec. 8** https://grist.org/updates/grist-opens-applications-for-new-rural-reporting-grants-on-climate-and-environmental-justice/
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Nonprofit journalism is facing stormy waters. Can you give us a flipper -- er, a hand -- so that we can continue reporting stories about biodiversity and conservation in 2026 and beyond?
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November 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Nonprofit journalism is facing stormy waters. Can you give us a flipper -- er, a hand -- so that we can continue reporting stories about biodiversity and conservation in 2026 and beyond?
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Great list of the year’s 10 best science books.
Special shout to Washington State’s Drew Harrell, star (so to speak) of my @biographic.bsky.social story this year about unraveling the riddle of what is killing billions of sea stars along the U.S. West Coast.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Special shout to Washington State’s Drew Harrell, star (so to speak) of my @biographic.bsky.social story this year about unraveling the riddle of what is killing billions of sea stars along the U.S. West Coast.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Spineless creatures, possibly the world’s oldest beer receipt and more: 2025’s best Books in brief
Bibliophile Andrew Robinson reveals 10 essential science reads from the past year.
www.nature.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Great list of the year’s 10 best science books.
Special shout to Washington State’s Drew Harrell, star (so to speak) of my @biographic.bsky.social story this year about unraveling the riddle of what is killing billions of sea stars along the U.S. West Coast.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Special shout to Washington State’s Drew Harrell, star (so to speak) of my @biographic.bsky.social story this year about unraveling the riddle of what is killing billions of sea stars along the U.S. West Coast.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Giving Tuesday is tomorrow! Please consider supporting bioGraphic 🫶
Nonprofit journalism is facing stormy waters. Can you give us a flipper -- er, a hand -- so that we can continue reporting stories about biodiversity and conservation in 2026 and beyond?
Click the link below to donate (and get some cool stickers!)
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December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Giving Tuesday is tomorrow! Please consider supporting bioGraphic 🫶
Nonprofit journalism is facing stormy waters. Can you give us a flipper -- er, a hand -- so that we can continue reporting stories about biodiversity and conservation in 2026 and beyond?
Click the link below to donate (and get some cool stickers!)
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Click the link below to donate (and get some cool stickers!)
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November 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Nonprofit journalism is facing stormy waters. Can you give us a flipper -- er, a hand -- so that we can continue reporting stories about biodiversity and conservation in 2026 and beyond?
Click the link below to donate (and get some cool stickers!)
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It's really hard to overstate the conservation significance of this, and what doors it unlocks for future conservation.
Mood among my global endangered species conservation colleagues is off-the-charts happy today.
Mood among my global endangered species conservation colleagues is off-the-charts happy today.
WCS Celebrates Historic and Sweeping Trade Protections for Sharks and Rays Adopted at CITES CoP20 > Newsroom | All CITES shark and ray proposals pass – marking the most comprehensive advance in global shark conservation in CITES history.
WCS Celebrates Historic and Sweeping Trade Protections for Sharks and Rays Adopted at CITES CoP20
Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Nov. 28, 2025 – The following statement was issued today from CITES CoP20, celebrating the adoption of sweeping and historic adoption of new international trade protections for…
newsroom.wcs.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It's really hard to overstate the conservation significance of this, and what doors it unlocks for future conservation.
Mood among my global endangered species conservation colleagues is off-the-charts happy today.
Mood among my global endangered species conservation colleagues is off-the-charts happy today.
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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...
@biographic.bsky.social
@biographic.bsky.social
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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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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! 🐢🐛🌵
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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
If you're new to Bluesky and are looking for folks to follow, don't miss our ever-updating starter pack of bioGraphic contributors!
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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
www.biographic.com
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.
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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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.
www.biographic.com
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.
www.biographic.com
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.
www.biographic.com
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...