Jeremy Hance
@jeremyhance.bsky.social
He/him. Journalist #environment, #climate and #wildlife. Senior Contributing Editor at Mongabay. Also, author of Baggage: Confessions of a Globetrotting Hypochondriac. Toiling on a novel set in Ancient Greece. Loves D&D and good books too.
I'm in denial. And I'm going to stay there a bit.
October 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I'm in denial. And I'm going to stay there a bit.
RIP Val Kilmer.
His performance as Doc Holliday in Tombstone is still one of my all time favorites. He exudes charisma and charm and fellowship, all while slowly dying. It's incredible! A true actor's actor.
His performance as Doc Holliday in Tombstone is still one of my all time favorites. He exudes charisma and charm and fellowship, all while slowly dying. It's incredible! A true actor's actor.
April 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
RIP Val Kilmer.
His performance as Doc Holliday in Tombstone is still one of my all time favorites. He exudes charisma and charm and fellowship, all while slowly dying. It's incredible! A true actor's actor.
His performance as Doc Holliday in Tombstone is still one of my all time favorites. He exudes charisma and charm and fellowship, all while slowly dying. It's incredible! A true actor's actor.
Still wild to me that whole neighborhoods in LA burned up, and the media is still not talking about climate change.
March 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Still wild to me that whole neighborhoods in LA burned up, and the media is still not talking about climate change.
Whether the bird was always there and just hiding for 190 years, or it managed to swim there – this is an incredible story of nature's resilience!
Link: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Link: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
March 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Whether the bird was always there and just hiding for 190 years, or it managed to swim there – this is an incredible story of nature's resilience!
Link: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Link: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Despite many ongoing challenges, the Great Green Wall of the Sahel is pushing froward! Great story by @spoorthyraman.bsky.social for @mongabay.bsky.social
Link: news.mongabay.com/2025/03/coll...
Link: news.mongabay.com/2025/03/coll...
March 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Despite many ongoing challenges, the Great Green Wall of the Sahel is pushing froward! Great story by @spoorthyraman.bsky.social for @mongabay.bsky.social
Link: news.mongabay.com/2025/03/coll...
Link: news.mongabay.com/2025/03/coll...
Olive trees are vital to many cultures and livelihoods, including Palestinians'. But, like the people themselves, these trees are facing down destruction. An incredible piece by Elizabeth Fitt for @mongabay.bsky.social.
Link: news.mongabay.com/2025/03/gaza...
Link: news.mongabay.com/2025/03/gaza...
March 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Olive trees are vital to many cultures and livelihoods, including Palestinians'. But, like the people themselves, these trees are facing down destruction. An incredible piece by Elizabeth Fitt for @mongabay.bsky.social.
Link: news.mongabay.com/2025/03/gaza...
Link: news.mongabay.com/2025/03/gaza...
150,000 years ago humans were living in rainforests. Why does this matter? It shows that the connection between us & rainforests goes back far, far longer than previously thought & adds new data to early human evolution. We weren't just grasslands people.
Link: www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Link: www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
March 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
150,000 years ago humans were living in rainforests. Why does this matter? It shows that the connection between us & rainforests goes back far, far longer than previously thought & adds new data to early human evolution. We weren't just grasslands people.
Link: www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Link: www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Like humans, male elephants have distinct personalities, according to new reporting for @mongabay.bsky.social . Some are popular, some skittish, some aggressive. This impacts elephant society – keystone males, those popular boys, hold a lot of sway.
Link: news.mongabay.com/2025/02/male...
Link: news.mongabay.com/2025/02/male...
February 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Like humans, male elephants have distinct personalities, according to new reporting for @mongabay.bsky.social . Some are popular, some skittish, some aggressive. This impacts elephant society – keystone males, those popular boys, hold a lot of sway.
Link: news.mongabay.com/2025/02/male...
Link: news.mongabay.com/2025/02/male...
They thought it was going to be a wife of a king, but when they studied it they realized the tomb actually belonged to the king himself: Thutmose II, a King of Egypt reigning during the 1400s BC.
That's 3,500 years ago for anyone who is counting!
Link: www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/s...
That's 3,500 years ago for anyone who is counting!
Link: www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/s...
February 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
They thought it was going to be a wife of a king, but when they studied it they realized the tomb actually belonged to the king himself: Thutmose II, a King of Egypt reigning during the 1400s BC.
That's 3,500 years ago for anyone who is counting!
Link: www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/s...
That's 3,500 years ago for anyone who is counting!
Link: www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/s...
For my latest for Mongabay, I ask the question: did the Internet's Moo Deng obsession help wild pygmy hippos at all? The answer in the article. And yes I found Moo Deng adorable as hell!
Link: news.mongabay.com/2025/02/has-...
Link: news.mongabay.com/2025/02/has-...
February 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
For my latest for Mongabay, I ask the question: did the Internet's Moo Deng obsession help wild pygmy hippos at all? The answer in the article. And yes I found Moo Deng adorable as hell!
Link: news.mongabay.com/2025/02/has-...
Link: news.mongabay.com/2025/02/has-...
New research shows hominids made it to Europe half a million years earlier than previously thought! They were hanging in Romania 1.95 million years ago. That is crazy.
Link to paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Link to paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New research shows hominids made it to Europe half a million years earlier than previously thought! They were hanging in Romania 1.95 million years ago. That is crazy.
Link to paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Link to paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What's the plural of Gallimimus?
January 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
What's the plural of Gallimimus?
Goals!
(for the first half of the year)
(for the first half of the year)
January 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Goals!
(for the first half of the year)
(for the first half of the year)
I hit a milestone at the end of last year. After 8 years of research, travel and writing, I finally have a rough (very rough!) draft of my novel set at the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War. Working title: Athene's Children. #writing
Here's hoping you'll see it in the next few years!
Here's hoping you'll see it in the next few years!
January 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I hit a milestone at the end of last year. After 8 years of research, travel and writing, I finally have a rough (very rough!) draft of my novel set at the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War. Working title: Athene's Children. #writing
Here's hoping you'll see it in the next few years!
Here's hoping you'll see it in the next few years!
Basically, a baby owlbear. Photo by: Hannie Heere.
January 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Basically, a baby owlbear. Photo by: Hannie Heere.
And here's a photo of one of the last animals from a zoo. There has been discussion of trying to rewild some of the habitat with Amur tigers – it's closest relative.
December 30, 2024 at 3:31 PM
And here's a photo of one of the last animals from a zoo. There has been discussion of trying to rewild some of the habitat with Amur tigers – it's closest relative.
Here is the map! They were gorgeous animals, quite shaggy. Wiped out by human hunting.
December 30, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Here is the map! They were gorgeous animals, quite shaggy. Wiped out by human hunting.
A French Village is probably the greatest show you've never heard of.
Currently, nearly finished with Season 2.
Currently, nearly finished with Season 2.
December 19, 2024 at 11:19 PM
A French Village is probably the greatest show you've never heard of.
Currently, nearly finished with Season 2.
Currently, nearly finished with Season 2.
I'm really not a fan of the saxophone. For some reason, it just sounds needy to me. But I will say the one band that makes it work: Pink Floyd.
December 12, 2024 at 5:28 PM
I'm really not a fan of the saxophone. For some reason, it just sounds needy to me. But I will say the one band that makes it work: Pink Floyd.
Question for #AncientBluesky – did Greek triremes have room below deck for crew, hoplites and light-armored fighters? Or were there typically some people on the deck when sailing even though it was precarious? #AncientGreece, #AncientWarfare
November 19, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Question for #AncientBluesky – did Greek triremes have room below deck for crew, hoplites and light-armored fighters? Or were there typically some people on the deck when sailing even though it was precarious? #AncientGreece, #AncientWarfare
Hey all, I'm super stoked to announce that my book Baggage is going to be translated into German by Knesebeck!
Soon you'll be able to read it in German while sipping some Hefeweizen as God intended. (I'll share the new cover soon – it's really good!)
Soon you'll be able to read it in German while sipping some Hefeweizen as God intended. (I'll share the new cover soon – it's really good!)
August 12, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Hey all, I'm super stoked to announce that my book Baggage is going to be translated into German by Knesebeck!
Soon you'll be able to read it in German while sipping some Hefeweizen as God intended. (I'll share the new cover soon – it's really good!)
Soon you'll be able to read it in German while sipping some Hefeweizen as God intended. (I'll share the new cover soon – it's really good!)
Javan tiger? For those keep tabs on this crazy story, a new paper just dropped throwing cold water (sadly!) on the idea that a Javan tiger may still survive. You need a degree in genetics to understand it, but the message is clear: it's probably still extinct.
April 17, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Javan tiger? For those keep tabs on this crazy story, a new paper just dropped throwing cold water (sadly!) on the idea that a Javan tiger may still survive. You need a degree in genetics to understand it, but the message is clear: it's probably still extinct.
Highly recommend Generation Dread by Britt Wray.
I read to help prep for a presentation and it's a great book for anyone dealing with #climate anxiety, depression or grief. Or anyone working with someone with those issues – head's up therapists!
I read to help prep for a presentation and it's a great book for anyone dealing with #climate anxiety, depression or grief. Or anyone working with someone with those issues – head's up therapists!
March 27, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Highly recommend Generation Dread by Britt Wray.
I read to help prep for a presentation and it's a great book for anyone dealing with #climate anxiety, depression or grief. Or anyone working with someone with those issues – head's up therapists!
I read to help prep for a presentation and it's a great book for anyone dealing with #climate anxiety, depression or grief. Or anyone working with someone with those issues – head's up therapists!
Jon Stewart's love for Dipper not only made me weep, but caused me to give extra love to my two "dippers" yesterday, Auggie (left) and Taako (right).
February 28, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Jon Stewart's love for Dipper not only made me weep, but caused me to give extra love to my two "dippers" yesterday, Auggie (left) and Taako (right).
Only a single full poem of Sappho's survives. She was considered the Tenth Muse of antiquity – the other nine being goddesses.
Why don't we have more of her poems? Christian in the Middle Ages destroyed the bulk – not to mention time and disintegration. But, what a loss!
Why don't we have more of her poems? Christian in the Middle Ages destroyed the bulk – not to mention time and disintegration. But, what a loss!
February 5, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Only a single full poem of Sappho's survives. She was considered the Tenth Muse of antiquity – the other nine being goddesses.
Why don't we have more of her poems? Christian in the Middle Ages destroyed the bulk – not to mention time and disintegration. But, what a loss!
Why don't we have more of her poems? Christian in the Middle Ages destroyed the bulk – not to mention time and disintegration. But, what a loss!