Adrienne Mason

Conservation Enters a New Era - bioGraphic One year after the Trump administration slashed biodiversity protections at home and abroad, people and organizations are figuring out where to go from here.

For a century, the United States dominated & influenced conservation around the world--for better and for worse. That era is over.

@biographic.bsky.social has a special issue on the next era of conservation--what it looks like, who's funding it, & what it means for people, species, & ecosystems 🌱

Kids lit peeps (and anyone else!) — what are some of your favourite picture books for children that do a good job of blending science with fictionalized characters? Or, what are some that send you? (Whales spouting plumes of water is a personal pet peeve.) 📚👍🏼

The Tyee Is Recruiting Our Next Editor-in-Chief | The Tyee Founding editor David Beers is passing the baton to a new leader. Is it you?

HUGE news for @thetyee.ca.

Our founding editor, Dave Beers, is retiring.

Who will fill these big shoes?
thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...

Twelve Tips to Tune Up Your Next Pitch - The Open Notebook Saugat Bolakhe Making your pitch stand out is a crucial skill for any freelancer or staff reporter. This may seem like an elusive talent, but with practice and careful attention to detail, you can lea...

There are 12 solid tips here to help you turn your next pitch into a story, straight from the editors themselves. 🧪

Another excellent resource from @theopennotebook.bsky.social www.theopennotebook.com/wp-content/u...

Park Service Erases Climate Facts at Fort Sumter, Where the Civil War Began

Is someone starting a Substack or some other repository for all of the interpretive signs coming down? (Along the lines of the NYT's Lost Science column.) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/c...

Are You The Tyee’s New Biodiversity Reporter? | The Tyee We’re looking for a sharp journalist to join our team. Apply by Feb. 8.

Great opportunity here for someone! www.thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...

How are California’s birds faring amid ever more frequent wildfires? In the forests of the Sierra Nevada, the black-backed woodpecker is without parallel. The bird appears almost born of fire, thriving on the flames that flicker through California’s coniferous forests…

Long-term research in California shows many bird populations rise after moderate wildfires and stay abundant for decades.

But megafires are becoming more common, harming species reliant on old-growth forests. Smoke exposure also poses serious health risks for birds.

We're hiring for a nine-month contract covering federal politics! Posting coming soon, but don't hesitate to reach out if you're interested — jimmy at nationalobserver dotcom

The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer

In our Climate Report my coauthors and I say: We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. Consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. Read report here doi.org/10.1093/bios...

Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

No worries! I was just so delighted to see it appear.

My linocut portrait of Maude Delap printed in a gradient of dark green to dark blue ink. She is an Edwardian Irish woman in a dress with her hair pulled back seen in profile, surrounded by diagrams of the life stages of a blue jellyfish (Cyanea lamarkii): polyp, ephyrae and medusa. Polyp is tinted light blue and medusa has air transparent violet and blue.

Happy birthday to self-taught trail-blazing Irish #marineBiologist Maude Delap (1866 – 1953), 1st to successfully breed jellyfish in captivity & document their full lifecycle. She is surrounded by blue #jellyfish (Cyanea lamarckii) life stages based on her diagrams. 👩🏼‍🔬🧪🐡 #histsci #artAdventCalendar 🧵

Thanks for boosting this! I loved working on these pieces.

The hidden cost of wildlife collisions on Canada’s railways | The Narwhal Trains regularly hit and kill wildlife on the tracks but poor reporting means governments aren’t sure exactly how many animals are lost

For months @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social has been pouring over documents trying to find out how many animals are killed on train tracks in B.C. Companies are supposed to report rail kills but records she obtained found reporting is inconsistent and incomplete projects.thenarwhal.ca/collision-co...

Would love clarification then!

The Bella Coola tragedy demands solutions, not the false security of a hunt Wisely, we are waiting for accurate information that will hopefully surface during the investigation of the Bella Coola grizzly bear tragedy, rather than jumping to exaggerated and reflexive responses...

"For an advocacy group to exploit a crisis to push a political agenda is not just opportunistic; it is deeply inappropriate. It is as if the lobby has been waiting and preparing for such an unfortunate situation." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...

Calls for grizzly hunts to return to Western Canada oversimplify a complex ecological issue Hunting advocacy organizations and politicians are inciting a moral panic about grizzly bears, oversimplifying an inherently complex ecological problem.

Bringing some reality to the discussion in the aftermath of the grizzly attacks in BC. It's infuriating how the BC Wildlife Federation jumped on it as a reason to open the grizzly bear hunt and some media gave them a megaphone even before there were any details. theconversation.com/calls-for-gr...

Sloth selfies are feeding a booming wildlife trafficking trade It’s not easy to find a sloth in the middle of the forest. They spend most of their time in the tree canopy and are masters of camouflage, thanks to their slow movements and the algae attached to thei...

"That 'smile' hides immense suffering." news.mongabay.com/2025/11/slot...

Delighted and honoured to be selected a Messenger of Biodiversity by the Sitka Foundation and Science Media Centre of Canada. It’s heartening to see the support for science journalism and for helping writers dig in to a story. Congratulations to the other awardees!

Me too! Thanks.

I thought I was already on this, but nope! Please add me, Jim.

The Questionable Science of Vancouver’s Port Expansion | Hakai Magazine A flawed environmental impact assessment may have consequences for the western sandpiper.

Seems like a good day to repost this: hakaimagazine.com/features/que... National Magazine Award winner by @amorinakingdon.bsky.social

So true. I’ve also been known to start painting rooms.

I hate it.

Two people sit in camping chairs in a meadow, in conversation with each other.

📣 Job alert! 📣

The Narwhal is offering a one-year fellowship for an Indigenous journalist in B.C., in collaboration with the Indigenous Journalists Association and IndigiNews. See the post for more details — applications are due Nov. 2. Spread the word!

thenarwhal.bamboohr.com/careers/40?s...

The ocean is a carbon toilet. Marine heat waves are clogging it. Tiny poops are supposed to sink to the seafloor, locking away carbon. But scientists have found that heat waves are disrupting that flushing.

The ocean's carbon poop pump is malfunctioning: grist.org/climate/the-...

Yay for the Oxford comma! Latest books — for kids (Whales to the Rescue: kids Can Press), for adults (Long Beach Wild; Greystone). More on my website. Thanks for doing this.

I have a houseful of celiacs and we can attest for Poppy Market in Ladysmith. 100% gf and their bread is as close as it comes. Make it a stop for all your friends coming your way!

I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited