Writer, skeptic, critic, naturalist. Bylines: @NatGeo, @ScienceMagazine, @VICE, @DiscoverMag, @RoyalSocBio, @AtlasObscura, @Raconteur/@TheTimes, @SmithsonianMag
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Joined October 2012
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New work for Sierra Magazine. Pumas reduce deer collisions on the Olympic Peninsula. sierraclub.org/sierra/puma-p…
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One of the coolest carcass photos I've ever seen — a bowmouth guitarfish recently washed up in Western Australia.
Stop saying 'unfortunately' when the situation has nothing to do with fortune. It's a word that stupid people use when they're trying to sound smart and polite. But it just comes off as imperious and condescending.
Shoot it straight into my cambium. For BBC Wildlife. discoverwildlife.com/plant-f…
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Sound on please ! Hornbills are calling ! How many Great Hornbills are too many ! Surely never enough! A gathering like this is called a ‘congregation’, and what a stunning congregation this is ! Somewhere in in the Anamalai landscape in Tamil Nadu there is a precious stronghold for these iconic birds, whose future rests in the great old trees in the last remaining rainforests. These magical moments are captured by @dhanu_paran #GreatHornbills #Hornbills #wildlifeconservation #BirdsofIndia
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Just some plankton fireworks for November 5th. Sparkly Acantharia @natgeo @zeiss_micro
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A herd of 16 elephants at the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary photographed by M. Krishnan in May, 1970
I just think it's sooo funny when a woman with the worst vocal fry and upspeak you've ever heard says 'I have misophonia.' It's like the only five syllable word she knows and she heard it on Call Her Daddy. And it somehow turns into 15 syllables.
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It's like being the president of the nut allergy association and smearing peanut butter all over the door handles and then cooking a giant pot of chickpeas in the middle of the annual summit.
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Sahildeki bir çalılıkta dinlenen sakalar
#Hangitür #birdwatching #wildlifephotography #cardueliscarduelis
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This planktonic copepod, Corycaeus anglicus, has been infected by parasites and eaten from within. Watch them escape from the dead copepod's body to continue their lifecycle. (Parasitology and the evolutionary arms race between parasite and host is a fascinating topic in biology, at least I think so 🙂.) @zeiss_micro @natgeo
This looks like a shot from Backrooms. But it's an abandoned bank in North Center, Chicago. At Damen/Lincoln/Irving. WTAF is going on here?
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This space has been abandoned for months. The doors have been chained, on and off. But clearly people are getting in. Looks like the doors were locked up a bit tighter when I walked by tonight.
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