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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 1d

bumping this because it's the coolest, most fascinating thing i've learned about in a long time, and i say this as someone whose entire job is learning about plants and animals and fungi

Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 4d

Just in time for spooky season, I got to learn all about bioluminescent fungi, including some fungi that interlace with the wood of trees to create glow-in-the-dark trees! Read all about it here:

www.biographic.com/glowing-from...

Glowing from Within - bioGraphic

With more scientists and artists turning their attention to bioluminescence, new information about glowing fungi is coming to light.

www.biographic.com

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 4d

I love love love @mariapopova.bsky.social's description of science and art and how the two can converge, from her homage to Jane Goodall: www.themarginalian.org/2025/10/01/j...

A screenshot that reads: "The aim of science is to illuminate the mysteries of nature and discover the elemental truths pulsating sublime and indifferent beneath the starry skin of the universe. The aim of art is to give us a language for wresting meaning from the truth and living with the mystery. Creativity in both is a style of noticing, of attending to the world more closely in order to love it more deeply, of seeing everything more and more whole — a word that shares its Latin root with “holy.”

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 4d

Just in time for spooky season, I got to learn all about bioluminescent fungi, including some fungi that interlace with the wood of trees to create glow-in-the-dark trees! Read all about it here:

www.biographic.com/glowing-from...

Glowing from Within - bioGraphic

With more scientists and artists turning their attention to bioluminescence, new information about glowing fungi is coming to light.

www.biographic.com

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 6d

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 6d

Big thanks to @jaimealyse.bsky.social for making this book possible, and to all the writers and editors and photographers and sources who make sure that regular people can still read accurate, compelling narratives about about science and the natural world at a time when both face continued assault

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 6d

And finally, this story from @christianelliott.me taught me everything I didn't know that I didn't know about the reproductive habits of cold-water corals. For months during the reporting and editing process, I talked about coral sex at parties.

The Secret Sex Lives of Deep, Dark Corals | Hakai Magazine

A unique fjord in Chilean Patagonia gives scientists a chance to unlock the reproductive secrets of cold-water corals that typically live thousands of meters below the ocean’s surface.

hakaimagazine.com

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 6d

I also love stories that intertwine science and religion, like this @biographic.bsky.social beauty from Diana Kruzman. One of the best parts about being an editor is getting to immerse myself in the stories of places and species and people I might never encounter in real life.

A Protected Place

Faced with overgrazing and desertification, communities in the Middle East are reviving the concept of the hima, an ancient land-management practice that bridges tradition, culture, conservation—and f...

www.biographic.com

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 6d

For Hakai Magazine (RIP 🙁), I worked with the always-wonderful @judeisabella.bsky.social on this feature about barred owls, the labels we attach to wildlife, and what it means to belong to a place. I love stories like this one that take a creative approach to structure!

The Owls Who Came From Away | Hakai Magazine

Over the past 80 years, one of the most resilient and hearty owls has practically engulfed a continent. Not everyone is pleased.

hakaimagazine.com

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 6d

Exquisite wordsmith @devonfredericksen.bsky.social traveled to a remote Norwegian archipelago for @biographic.bsky.social to document the human stewards who care for wild seabirds, and the reciprocal relationship that benefits both. (Stay tuned for Devon's book that stemmed from this assignment!)

The Eider Keepers - bioGraphic

An age-old tradition in Norway illuminates the bonds between wild ducks, wild places, and the people who care for both.

www.biographic.com

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 6d

I've loved this anthology for as long as I can remember, and this year I'm stoked to have edited four -- count 'em, four! -- of the notable selections. I'll link to the stories and their authors below.

Jaime Green @jaimealyse.bsky.social · 8d

Wrote a bit about this year's edition of The Best American Science and Nature Writing - and posted the Notables jaimealyse.beehiiv.com/p/basnw25

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 6d

Totally fascinating, data-driven alternate history: what if NIH had always been 40 percent smaller? What advances in medicine would never have happened? www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

www.science.org

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 7d

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 8d

"Alabama sturgeon don’t matter to most of us: They aren’t ecosystem engineers, shaping habitat for other species; there’s no argument suggesting that we need them to improve our lives or watersheds. They simply glide along the river bottoms as they have for hundreds of millions of years." 🫶

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 8d

In explaining why nonhuman species deserve to live, journalists often find ourselves focusing on how a particular animal benefits the broader ecosystem, or offers people an economic or medical benefit. Which is why I love @hannahnordhaus.bsky.social 's reminder that sometimes, awe is enough...

Shadow Fish

The modern race to save an ancient and vanishing species.

www.biographic.com

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 15d

Join me this Thursday for a virtual panel on the state of play on US scientific research, along with Obama Administration Science Advisor John Holdren and @thebulletin.org President and CEO Alex Bell.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 15d

Earlier this year, President Donald Trump issued an executive order and budget proposal aimed at cutting support for the scientific research community.

How will possible cuts affect scientists, and what solutions may exist? This Thursday, join the Bulletin for an expert discussion.

Under Attack: Science, Research, and the Trump Administration

Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 10:30 A.M. CDT / 11:30 A.M. EDT

pages.thebulletin.org

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 8d

one of my favorite parts of the world <3

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 9d

I thought this was a good exploration of this kind of co-opting www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/w...

How the Right Claimed ‘Crunchy’

www.nytimes.com

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 13d

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 11d

It took us two years and endless bureaucracy to move to British Columbia. I feel incredibly privileged. And I am also so sad that it took moving to another country for me to feel like my child is safe at school, and for her to learn a second language, and get to be a kid for a little while longer <3

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 11d

In Colorado, I was worried about being away from my phone during the school day in case there was a security issue--I didn't want to miss the notification. I feel so much more relaxed here.

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 11d

Here in BC, instead of doors that unseal for three minutes while children file into the building, the doors are wide open at drop-off time. Children play outside, then the principal rings an actual hand bell, and everyone goes in. It feels wildly wholesome.

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 11d

The biggest difference is security. Our elementary school in Colorado had double-sealed doors that were locked at all times, a police officer, and lockdown drills twice a year. One of my daughter's most memorable moments from first grade was an actual lockdown. She was terrified.

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 11d

We came from a relatively well-off community in Colorado, and the facilities there were more modern and nicer. But teachers and parents had to buy a lot of their own supplies, whereas the district here seems to supply teachers with everything they need for the classroom.

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 11d

My daughter also reports way more outdoor time here: longer recesses, more outdoor PE, and more field trips. There is no school lunch program (students must bring their own lunches from home) but she says they get more time to eat, too, so she isn't trying to rush all her food down.

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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 11d

When my daughter started first grade in Colorado, they were doing standardized tests on computers within the first two weeks, and other computer work. There has been way less screen time here in BC, and no standardized testing yet.

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