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Our Spotlights start with a photo that makes readers ask: what the heck is THAT? Then we set a journalist loose to discover the answer. In this case, @sarahmgilman.bsky.social dives into the world of the northern pygmy squid, the world’s smallest known cephalopod.
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The Eyes Have It - bioGraphic
The mysterious northern pygmy squid develops into a brilliant predator.
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January 30, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Our Spotlights start with a photo that makes readers ask: what the heck is THAT? Then we set a journalist loose to discover the answer. In this case, @sarahmgilman.bsky.social dives into the world of the northern pygmy squid, the world’s smallest known cephalopod.
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The Curse of Dead Corals
When heat waves bleach reefs, do dead coral skeletons help or hinder recovery?
by @andrewchapman.bsky.social
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When heat waves bleach reefs, do dead coral skeletons help or hinder recovery?
by @andrewchapman.bsky.social
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The Curse of Dead Corals - bioGraphic
When heat waves bleach reefs, do dead coral skeletons help or hinder recovery?
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January 29, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The Curse of Dead Corals
When heat waves bleach reefs, do dead coral skeletons help or hinder recovery?
by @andrewchapman.bsky.social
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When heat waves bleach reefs, do dead coral skeletons help or hinder recovery?
by @andrewchapman.bsky.social
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If you donated to bioGraphic this year, you'd not only have cool stickers for your water bottle -- you'd also be getting our forthcoming Insiders newsletter, in which you'd learn that there's a type of fish called the stout infantfish. #themoreyouknow
January 26, 2026 at 10:08 PM
If you donated to bioGraphic this year, you'd not only have cool stickers for your water bottle -- you'd also be getting our forthcoming Insiders newsletter, in which you'd learn that there's a type of fish called the stout infantfish. #themoreyouknow
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We've observed, on occasion, solo bubble-net feeding here in the Salish Sea, but we'd LOVE to see cooperative groups like they get in Alaska and now, apparently, northern BC. Hopefully this trend will continue to spread to southern BC and Washington!
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‘Immigrant whales’ bring feeding culture to Canadian humpbacks
'Cultural knowledge’ crucial for survival of whales, underscoring need to integrate animal culture into marine management
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January 23, 2026 at 5:30 PM
We've observed, on occasion, solo bubble-net feeding here in the Salish Sea, but we'd LOVE to see cooperative groups like they get in Alaska and now, apparently, northern BC. Hopefully this trend will continue to spread to southern BC and Washington!
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oceanographicmagazine.com/news/immigra...
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My @biographic.bsky.social stickers arrived!
January 22, 2026 at 2:06 PM
My @biographic.bsky.social stickers arrived!
How to Kill a Million Sea Stars
Synthetic pheromones offer a promising new means of controlling troublesome crown-of-thorns starfish.
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Synthetic pheromones offer a promising new means of controlling troublesome crown-of-thorns starfish.
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How to Kill a Million Sea Stars - bioGraphic
Synthetic pheromones offer a promising new means of controlling troublesome crown-of-thorns starfish.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:11 PM
How to Kill a Million Sea Stars
Synthetic pheromones offer a promising new means of controlling troublesome crown-of-thorns starfish.
www.biographic.com/how-to-kill-...
Synthetic pheromones offer a promising new means of controlling troublesome crown-of-thorns starfish.
www.biographic.com/how-to-kill-...
The whooping crane’s comeback is often hailed as one of the greatest wildlife conservation success stories in North America—but the forces that nearly wiped the species out are surging again in new and more complex forms.
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Is it Too Soon to Whoop for Whooping Cranes?
Conservationists managed to save North America’s whooping cranes from extinction once, but the birds now face mounting threats in their winter habitat along the coast of Texas.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:28 PM
The whooping crane’s comeback is often hailed as one of the greatest wildlife conservation success stories in North America—but the forces that nearly wiped the species out are surging again in new and more complex forms.
www.biographic.com/is-it-too-so...
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That reminds me of an article I read in @biographic.bsky.social recently about sea turtles in southern California swimming through inky green trash soup clotted with algae & hanging out in power plant effluent. It was a surprisingly hopeful story somehow, haha. 🐍
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Go North, Young Turtle
As eastern Pacific green sea turtles were being slaughtered in much of their range, an intrepid group of turtles pushed north into uncharted waters.
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January 18, 2026 at 5:34 AM
That reminds me of an article I read in @biographic.bsky.social recently about sea turtles in southern California swimming through inky green trash soup clotted with algae & hanging out in power plant effluent. It was a surprisingly hopeful story somehow, haha. 🐍
www.biographic.com/go-north-you...
www.biographic.com/go-north-you...
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Fascinating #UrbanEcology work, similar effects seen in racoons. Distinct species are found north of the "divide." It comes down to many factors but animals in neglected areas eat more trash since they have less parkland, compared to cousins in bougie south county #Stl 🧪 🐿️ 🦝 @urbanevol.bsky.social
When Squirrels Meet the Delmar Divide
Segregation in St. Louis, Missouri, is shaping the genetics of the city’s eastern gray squirrels.
by @alicesunreports.bsky.social
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Segregation in St. Louis, Missouri, is shaping the genetics of the city’s eastern gray squirrels.
by @alicesunreports.bsky.social
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When Squirrels Meet the Delmar Divide - bioGraphic
Segregation in St. Louis, Missouri, is shaping the genetics of the city’s eastern gray squirrels.
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January 18, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Fascinating #UrbanEcology work, similar effects seen in racoons. Distinct species are found north of the "divide." It comes down to many factors but animals in neglected areas eat more trash since they have less parkland, compared to cousins in bougie south county #Stl 🧪 🐿️ 🦝 @urbanevol.bsky.social
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When Squirrels Meet the Delmar Divide
Segregation in St. Louis, Missouri, is shaping the genetics of the city’s eastern gray squirrels.
by @alicesunreports.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/when-squirre...
Segregation in St. Louis, Missouri, is shaping the genetics of the city’s eastern gray squirrels.
by @alicesunreports.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/when-squirre...
When Squirrels Meet the Delmar Divide - bioGraphic
Segregation in St. Louis, Missouri, is shaping the genetics of the city’s eastern gray squirrels.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
When Squirrels Meet the Delmar Divide
Segregation in St. Louis, Missouri, is shaping the genetics of the city’s eastern gray squirrels.
by @alicesunreports.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/when-squirre...
Segregation in St. Louis, Missouri, is shaping the genetics of the city’s eastern gray squirrels.
by @alicesunreports.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/when-squirre...
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The number of squirrels is affected by the number of cars. And “the number of cars is wrapped up with income," Carlen says. "And income in St. Louis is highly tied to race. This is all linked together,” she adds.
“There is no justice for wildlife without justice for people.”
“There is no justice for wildlife without justice for people.”
When Squirrels Meet the Delmar Divide
Segregation in St. Louis, Missouri, is shaping the genetics of the city’s eastern gray squirrels.
by @alicesunreports.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/when-squirre...
Segregation in St. Louis, Missouri, is shaping the genetics of the city’s eastern gray squirrels.
by @alicesunreports.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/when-squirre...
When Squirrels Meet the Delmar Divide - bioGraphic
Segregation in St. Louis, Missouri, is shaping the genetics of the city’s eastern gray squirrels.
www.biographic.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:31 PM
The number of squirrels is affected by the number of cars. And “the number of cars is wrapped up with income," Carlen says. "And income in St. Louis is highly tied to race. This is all linked together,” she adds.
“There is no justice for wildlife without justice for people.”
“There is no justice for wildlife without justice for people.”
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The solution to protecting loons from lead poisoning is straightforward, writes @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social.
Yet efforts to educate anglers about the dangers of lead tackle and convince them to switch gear have hardly moved the needle. Why? In two words: gun rights.
From @biographic.bsky.social
Yet efforts to educate anglers about the dangers of lead tackle and convince them to switch gear have hardly moved the needle. Why? In two words: gun rights.
From @biographic.bsky.social
Why Are Loons Still Dying from Lead Poisoning?
In the United States, efforts to save a beloved species face pushback from a surprising foe: gun rights advocates.
https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/why-are-loons-still-dying-from-lead-poisoning##
January 15, 2026 at 7:17 PM
The solution to protecting loons from lead poisoning is straightforward, writes @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social.
Yet efforts to educate anglers about the dangers of lead tackle and convince them to switch gear have hardly moved the needle. Why? In two words: gun rights.
From @biographic.bsky.social
Yet efforts to educate anglers about the dangers of lead tackle and convince them to switch gear have hardly moved the needle. Why? In two words: gun rights.
From @biographic.bsky.social
Possums aren't the only animals who play dead. Creatures across the animal kingdom--including the grass snake pictured below--fake death as a last-ditch defense against predation. The behavior is known as thanatosis, which shares its root with Thanatos, the ancient Greek personification of death.
The Reptile Who Plays Possum - bioGraphic
Grass snakes fake death to avoid predation.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Possums aren't the only animals who play dead. Creatures across the animal kingdom--including the grass snake pictured below--fake death as a last-ditch defense against predation. The behavior is known as thanatosis, which shares its root with Thanatos, the ancient Greek personification of death.
When Squirrels Meet the Delmar Divide
Segregation in St. Louis, Missouri, is shaping the genetics of the city’s eastern gray squirrels.
by @alicesunreports.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/when-squirre...
Segregation in St. Louis, Missouri, is shaping the genetics of the city’s eastern gray squirrels.
by @alicesunreports.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/when-squirre...
When Squirrels Meet the Delmar Divide - bioGraphic
Segregation in St. Louis, Missouri, is shaping the genetics of the city’s eastern gray squirrels.
www.biographic.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
When Squirrels Meet the Delmar Divide
Segregation in St. Louis, Missouri, is shaping the genetics of the city’s eastern gray squirrels.
by @alicesunreports.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/when-squirre...
Segregation in St. Louis, Missouri, is shaping the genetics of the city’s eastern gray squirrels.
by @alicesunreports.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/when-squirre...
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Here's a moment of wonder for you: spiders that craft spider decoys! Two species of orb-weavers in Peru and the Philippines cobble together web structures out of plant bits and prey corpses that look like bigger spiders, possibly to distract spider-eating predators 🧪
Cyclosa Menge, 1866 (Araneidae) Orb‐Weavers Build Stabilimenta That Resemble Larger Spiders
The orb-weaving spider Cyclosa longicauda from Peru constructs unique stabilimenta from detritus and silk that visually resemble a larger spider. This previously undescribed behavior likely functions...
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January 8, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Here's a moment of wonder for you: spiders that craft spider decoys! Two species of orb-weavers in Peru and the Philippines cobble together web structures out of plant bits and prey corpses that look like bigger spiders, possibly to distract spider-eating predators 🧪
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Une nouvelle étude suggére un comportement d’automédication chez les éléphants. 🐘
Farmers in Gabon notice that elephants sometimes eat the leaves and stems of banana and papaya plants while leaving the nutritious fruit behind. Why?
New evidence shows the elephants may be taking advantage of plants' medicinal properties to treat parasites. Read more:
New evidence shows the elephants may be taking advantage of plants' medicinal properties to treat parasites. Read more:
Pachyderm Pharmacies - bioGraphic
Scientists find that elephants who raid farms might be looking for medicinal plants, sparking a cross-species exchange of pharmaceutical knowledge.
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January 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Une nouvelle étude suggére un comportement d’automédication chez les éléphants. 🐘
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The most valuable illegally traded wildlife product is not tiger bone. Nor is it rhino horn, or pangolin scales. It's actually rosewood. For @mongabay.com I looked into new technologies - from AI to DNA metabarcoding - that could help end the rosewood heist:
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New technologies offer hope in fight to save the world’s imperiled rosewoods
News about the poaching and smuggling of threatened species often centers on products like tiger bone, rhino horn or pangolin scales. But much of the world’s illegally sourced wildlife products are ac...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The most valuable illegally traded wildlife product is not tiger bone. Nor is it rhino horn, or pangolin scales. It's actually rosewood. For @mongabay.com I looked into new technologies - from AI to DNA metabarcoding - that could help end the rosewood heist:
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/new-...
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/new-...
Farmers in Gabon notice that elephants sometimes eat the leaves and stems of banana and papaya plants while leaving the nutritious fruit behind. Why?
New evidence shows the elephants may be taking advantage of plants' medicinal properties to treat parasites. Read more:
New evidence shows the elephants may be taking advantage of plants' medicinal properties to treat parasites. Read more:
Pachyderm Pharmacies - bioGraphic
Scientists find that elephants who raid farms might be looking for medicinal plants, sparking a cross-species exchange of pharmaceutical knowledge.
www.biographic.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Farmers in Gabon notice that elephants sometimes eat the leaves and stems of banana and papaya plants while leaving the nutritious fruit behind. Why?
New evidence shows the elephants may be taking advantage of plants' medicinal properties to treat parasites. Read more:
New evidence shows the elephants may be taking advantage of plants' medicinal properties to treat parasites. Read more:
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SO pleased to see my @biographic.bsky.social piece on phytomining reprinted in @thetyee.ca!
How ‘Phytomining’ Could Put the Green in the Green Transition
Using plants to pull metal out of soil could help curb environmental destruction and human rights abuses.
thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
Using plants to pull metal out of soil could help curb environmental destruction and human rights abuses.
thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
How ‘Phytomining’ Could Put the Green in the Green Transition | The Tyee
Using plants to pull metal out of soil could help curb environmental destruction and human rights abuses.
thetyee.ca
January 7, 2026 at 9:49 PM
SO pleased to see my @biographic.bsky.social piece on phytomining reprinted in @thetyee.ca!
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Lead kills the beloved birds, and the fix could be easy. But the gun lobby won’t let that happen.
From our friends at @biographic.bsky.social:
From our friends at @biographic.bsky.social:
We know what’s killing loons and how to stop it. So why are they still dying?
Lead kills the beloved birds, and the fix could be easy. But the gun lobby won’t let that happen.
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January 2, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Lead kills the beloved birds, and the fix could be easy. But the gun lobby won’t let that happen.
From our friends at @biographic.bsky.social:
From our friends at @biographic.bsky.social:
In an era when many species are declining because of multi-pronged, seemingly intractable problems, the solution to protecting common loons is relatively straightforward. So why are these beloved birds still dying?
Why Are Loons Still Dying from Lead Poisoning?
In the United States, efforts to save a beloved species face pushback from a surprising foe: gun rights advocates.
www.biographic.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
In an era when many species are declining because of multi-pronged, seemingly intractable problems, the solution to protecting common loons is relatively straightforward. So why are these beloved birds still dying?
We are a nonprofit online magazine covering biodiversity and conservation, and our small team works hard to make sure we never publish anything written by generative AI. We have language in our contracts specifically banning it, as well as a clear language in our submission guidelines. No slop here!
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
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My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
December 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We are a nonprofit online magazine covering biodiversity and conservation, and our small team works hard to make sure we never publish anything written by generative AI. We have language in our contracts specifically banning it, as well as a clear language in our submission guidelines. No slop here!
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Consistently wonderful insightful & inspiring stories illustrated gorgeously @biographic.bsky.social never disappoints
Quality storytelling for #GenerationRestoration
Quality storytelling for #GenerationRestoration
Do you know about gelatinous salps? No? Trust us, you probably want to:
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Pelagic Pack Animals - bioGraphic
Gelatinous salps shuttle tiny creatures and excess carbon into the deep.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Consistently wonderful insightful & inspiring stories illustrated gorgeously @biographic.bsky.social never disappoints
Quality storytelling for #GenerationRestoration
Quality storytelling for #GenerationRestoration
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Of all the weird and wonderful critters in our mysterious ocean, gelatinous salps and their miraculously camouflaged hitchhikers are definitely some of my new favorites after writing this @biographic.bsky.social spotlight!
Pelagic Pack Animals - bioGraphic
Gelatinous salps shuttle tiny creatures and excess carbon into the deep.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Of all the weird and wonderful critters in our mysterious ocean, gelatinous salps and their miraculously camouflaged hitchhikers are definitely some of my new favorites after writing this @biographic.bsky.social spotlight!
Do you know about gelatinous salps? No? Trust us, you probably want to:
www.biographic.com/pelagic-pack...
www.biographic.com/pelagic-pack...
Pelagic Pack Animals - bioGraphic
Gelatinous salps shuttle tiny creatures and excess carbon into the deep.
www.biographic.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Do you know about gelatinous salps? No? Trust us, you probably want to:
www.biographic.com/pelagic-pack...
www.biographic.com/pelagic-pack...