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jlepler.bsky.social
So happy I got to talk about nineteenth-century sharks (and also loan sharks) on an early American history podcast. We need more 🦈 in 🗃️ !
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social #historyofanimals #envhist #histsci #oceanhist #coastalhist
bfworld.bsky.social Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · Dec 10
Why didn’t the U.S. build a canal through Nicaragua?

☑️ Geopolitics
☑️ Rainforest
☑️ Rival New Yorkers
☑️ Sharks (yes, really)

This week's episode explores an almost-history you’ve never heard.

🎧 www.benfranklinsworld.com/428

#Skystorians #HistoryPodcasts #CanalDreamers
December 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
jlepler.bsky.social
I have never seen this image before, but it is striking! #historyofanimals
peterpaulrubens.bsky.social Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · Nov 20
In this amazing assemblage, hunters barbarously slaughter wildlife until, in center, wildlife turns on them and metes out well-deserved, gruesome justice. Painted in 1647 by Paulus Potter, whose day is today.
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
jlepler.bsky.social
Hey #historyofanimals folks, check out this fascinating story about Winston Churchill's platypus. I can't wait to ask my students about this line: "History is totally dependent on who's telling the story." H/T @dael.bsky.social 🗃️

www.bbc.com/news/article...
How the mystery of Winston Churchill's dead platypus was finally solved
The platypus - a top secret gift from Australia - was found dead in his enclosure as war raged in the seas around him.
www.bbc.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
jlepler.bsky.social
This is definitely a source for students and scholars of #historyofanimals. 🗃️
npr.org NPR @npr.org · May 30
More than a thousand people who worked to keep American agriculture free of pests and disease have left the federal workforce in President Trump's massive government downsizing.
Federal workers keep America's farms healthy. What now under Trump?
More than a thousand people who worked to keep American agriculture free of pests and disease have left the federal workforce in President Trump's massive government downsizing.
n.pr
May 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
jlepler.bsky.social
When I teach #historyofanimals, I love discussing Jon Coleman's argument in "Vicious" about the shift in some humans' ideas about wolves from vermin to valuable. Today's NYT article about San Francisco's Coyotes might be good to assign next year. 🗃️

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/u...
The Coyotes of San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
jlepler.bsky.social
“An Immense World” by @edyong209.bsky.social stimulates new questions! For example, this story about feathered dinosaur fossils, made me wonder what uses feathers served beyond flight. Our understanding of animals has changed so much over time! #historyofanimals www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/s...
This Dinosaur Had Feathers and Probably Flew Like a Chicken
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
jlepler.bsky.social
This one is for my History of Animals students past and present. #historyofanimals 🗃️
stevecooke.org Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · May 15
If you‘re watching Eurovisioon and wondering about Laika: she was a captured Moscow stray. The Soviets sent her into space in 1957 aboard Sputnik 2. She was sent in space to die, which she did, after overheating, hours into the flight, on the craft's fourth orbit. The craft‘s cooling system failed.
May 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM