Tag: conservation biology
Project Puffin: Seal Island 2017 Season Summary
Since I only rolled into Seal for just the post-season this year, I thought I’d brush up on the deets of what went on this summer with our beloved terns and puffins as well as the guillemots, razorbills, eiders and ...
Project Puffin: Island Life
I am thrilled to bid you good day from 23 miles off into the Atlantic Ocean where I will be living for the next two weeks on a remote island off the coast of Maine. I am here thanks to ...
This week’s guest on Dispatches from the Field!
Just because I'm immensely proud to have been a part of this, not to mention wanting to toot–ugh I hate clichés–my own horn, but.. I was honored to have the opportunity to be this week's featured guest poster on the ...
EOC 096: Weddell Seal Research in Antarctica with Roxanne Beltran
Episode Summary: Today’s guest in Roxanne Beltran, a PhD student at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, and an expert on the Weddel Seal - a species found in relative abundance along Antarctic coasts. In addition to her research, Roxanne ...
EOC 092: The Science Communicators – Nate Dappen’s Path to Becoming a Science Filmmaker
Episode Summary: Our guest on today’s show is science filmmaker Nate Dappen. Like many of the folks that we choose to profile on this show, Nate has a background in both science and art - he worked as a photographer ...
On Biology and Bluegrass
****The following is a guest post from wildlife biologist, educator and musician Tate Mason. Tate works as the education director of the interpretive center at the World Center for Birds of Prey here in Boise, Idaho, and is also the ...
EOC 044: Vaquita Outreach for a Younger Audience with Aidan Bodeo-Lomicky
Episode Summary: In this week's show we are taking a fresh look at vaquita recovery efforts with teenaged author Aidan Bodeo-Lomicky. Aidan first learned about the plight of the vaquita in 2010 - when he was just ten years old, and ...
EOC 017: From Field Biologist to Filmmaker – Part Two: the Shooting Guide
Episode Summary: In part two of our ongoing series, From Field Biologist to Filmmaker, I talk about the next stage of my transition into a full-time filmmaker. One of the most difficult, but also fun decisions to make when preparing to ...
EOC 009: From Field Biologist to Filmmaker – Part One: the Story Outline
Episode Summary: This is our first episode in what will become an ongoing segment on the podcast - From Field Biologist to Filmmaker. In this new podcast segment, I'll be sharing personal stories about what it was like to make ...