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Wilkinson quoted in New York Times on the Coyotes of San Francisco

“They walk along busy San Francisco streets. In Chinatown plazas. Across the paths of Muni buses. One was found dozing in a laundromat. Coyotes can sometimes be seen roaming in cities around the country, including Chicago and New York. But...
June 30, 2025
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Vera on volunteer effort to save climate data removed by Trump administration

Lourdes Vera spoke to NPR about her work volunteering to preserve climate-related data and tools from agency websites before they are stripped by the Trump administration.
June 30, 2025
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Beyond what the ship brought to Puerto Rico: Rodríguez-Cruz on food sovereignty and abundance

In a world where the food system is governed by international chains of imports and distant exports, the territory of Puerto Rico is a clear example of the struggle for fully possible food sovereignty. This Anchoa article by Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz invites us to take a different look at a territory filled with abundance, resilience, and identity.
June 30, 2025
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Daniel Swain: Hydroclimate volatility on a warming Earth and connections to CA wildfires

Daniel explains his recent research into unusually rapid and/or high magnitude swings between unusual weather conditions, including causes, expected trends and links to southern California’s devastating wildfires.
January 30, 2025
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Sebastian Moreno: Understanding Barriers, Bringing People to the Natural World

How does inclusivity enhance bird conservation efforts?
December 17, 2024
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Andrea Joy Adams on writing with nature

Andrea's substack, Hopecology, “is a study in looking unflinchingly at the stark realities of the present, while also returning focus to the natural world that will literally save us, if we are to have any hope at all.”
September 16, 2024
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Pizarro facilitates digital quilt project on global cultural and environmental heritage

“Participants representing 15 countries contributed to a digital quilt that reflected cultural heritage and a connection to their unique natural environment,” For La Diáspora posted on Instagram.
August 26, 2024
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Wilkinson hyena research featured in National Geographic cover story

Christine Wilkinson is part of a network of researchers working to yield “greater understanding, respect and protection” for this misunderstood African predator.
March 18, 2024
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Building a Knowledge Action Network in the Indigenous communities of the South Pacific

Linwood Pendleton writes about his recent visit to South Pacific Indigenous members of the Ocean Knowledge Action Network in order to build trust and better understand the knowledge held by these communities, their needs and opportunities for more and better peer-to-peer knowledge sharing.
January 18, 2024
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Swain: climate researchers need support to become scientist-communicators

“Scientific institutions must create roles so that researchers can provide the deep public engagement necessary to respond effectively to the escalating impacts of climate change.”
December 22, 2023