Jude Isabella
@judeisabella.bsky.social
Executive editor, bioGraphic.com. Founding editor of hakaimagazine.com (archived!) Focused on the coast, the ocean, ecology, archaeology, urban wildlife. Author of "Salmon, A Scientific Memoir," and "Bringing Back the Wolves." 🇨🇦
I love how this story gives a nice little 101 on hydrothermal vents. I don't think I knew there were cold ones. And guess what, they've got life. Tons of life! From the news team at @biographic.bsky.social: www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
Life Finds a Way, Even on Inactive Hydrothermal Vents - bioGraphic
In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I love how this story gives a nice little 101 on hydrothermal vents. I don't think I knew there were cold ones. And guess what, they've got life. Tons of life! From the news team at @biographic.bsky.social: www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: The Tawny Scrawny Lion! Or Tawny Kitaen.
November 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: The Tawny Scrawny Lion! Or Tawny Kitaen.
My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: All My Children?
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: All My Children?
Death by a thousand cuts? Why not focus on healing each cut, little by little, suture by suture. Phytomining, the time has arrived: www.biographic.com/critical-min... 🧪
Critical Minerals? There’s a Plant for That - bioGraphic
Could phytomining—using plants to pull metal out of the soil—put the green in “green transition”?
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November 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Death by a thousand cuts? Why not focus on healing each cut, little by little, suture by suture. Phytomining, the time has arrived: www.biographic.com/critical-min... 🧪
My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Minecraft! (For a great book with gamers as the main characters, read Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow!)
November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Minecraft! (For a great book with gamers as the main characters, read Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow!)
My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Pittsburgh, PA!
November 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Pittsburgh, PA!
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Loved working on this with @inkfish.bsky.social. Thank you, Elizabeth, now more people will learn more about these gorgeous creatures, including the quirky habit of very intermittent mating when the females' vaginas open like flowers, at the same time! Read more: www.biographic.com/investigatin...
Investigating a Treetop Baby Boom
Why a sudden spike in pregnancies in one Madagascan lemur population might actually be a bad sign for the species.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Loved working on this with @inkfish.bsky.social. Thank you, Elizabeth, now more people will learn more about these gorgeous creatures, including the quirky habit of very intermittent mating when the females' vaginas open like flowers, at the same time! Read more: www.biographic.com/investigatin...
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Ocean phytoplankton nurtures ecosystems and keeps the climate livable, but new research suggests that the biological carbon pump is breaking down due to global warming.
Earth’s Oceans Lose Some of Their Luster - Inside Climate News
New research reveals that a key biological carbon pump is weakening, threatening ecosystems and the climate.
insideclimatenews.org
October 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Ocean phytoplankton nurtures ecosystems and keeps the climate livable, but new research suggests that the biological carbon pump is breaking down due to global warming.
My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: September 18, 1983!
October 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: September 18, 1983!
Bumblebees in @cangeo.bsky.social! All those greenhouses in BC's Lower Mainland are impacting pollinator biodiversity: canadiangeographic.ca/articles/pli...
Plight of the bumblebees: How commercial pollination is putting wild species at risk
A journey into the wild and not-so-wild world of bumblebees and the unintended consequences of domestication
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October 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Bumblebees in @cangeo.bsky.social! All those greenhouses in BC's Lower Mainland are impacting pollinator biodiversity: canadiangeographic.ca/articles/pli...
My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Douglas Edwards!
October 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Douglas Edwards!
My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Illinois!
October 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Illinois!
So delighted that one of my last pieces for Hakai Magazine, "The Owl Who Came From Away," made it in as a notable. 🙏 The Best American Science and Nature Writing editor @jaimealyse.bsky.social getting things done!
Wrote a bit about this year's edition of The Best American Science and Nature Writing - and posted the Notables jaimealyse.beehiiv.com/p/basnw25
September 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
So delighted that one of my last pieces for Hakai Magazine, "The Owl Who Came From Away," made it in as a notable. 🙏 The Best American Science and Nature Writing editor @jaimealyse.bsky.social getting things done!
“If we want to plug into the wonder of nature we need to start by actually spending time outside.” #hikingyukon www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
Opinion | Rainn Wilson: What I Learned at a Fire Ceremony With King Charles
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September 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
“If we want to plug into the wonder of nature we need to start by actually spending time outside.” #hikingyukon www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
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Independent journalism is becoming a rare thing. Independent environmental journalism even rarer. @biographic.bsky.social we make our environmental journalism free for everyone to read, with no ads or paywalls. 👀 Please donate—every little bit helps! give.calacademy.org/campaign/719...
September 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Independent journalism is becoming a rare thing. Independent environmental journalism even rarer. @biographic.bsky.social we make our environmental journalism free for everyone to read, with no ads or paywalls. 👀 Please donate—every little bit helps! give.calacademy.org/campaign/719...
September 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Independent journalism is becoming a rare thing. Independent environmental journalism even rarer. @biographic.bsky.social we make our environmental journalism free for everyone to read, with no ads or paywalls. 👀 Please donate—every little bit helps! give.calacademy.org/campaign/719...
My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Blur!
September 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Blur!
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My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Herbie Hancock!
September 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Herbie Hancock!
Some plants are super reluctant to having their seeds saved so....how about pollen banking? From the talented
@toughcitywriter.bsky.social for @biographic.bsky.social:
www.biographic.com/banking-on-p... 🧪🌍 #conservation
@toughcitywriter.bsky.social for @biographic.bsky.social:
www.biographic.com/banking-on-p... 🧪🌍 #conservation
Banking on Pollen
When seed saving doesn’t work, pollen may be the answer to preserving botanical heritage.
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September 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Some plants are super reluctant to having their seeds saved so....how about pollen banking? From the talented
@toughcitywriter.bsky.social for @biographic.bsky.social:
www.biographic.com/banking-on-p... 🧪🌍 #conservation
@toughcitywriter.bsky.social for @biographic.bsky.social:
www.biographic.com/banking-on-p... 🧪🌍 #conservation
Some plants are super reluctant to having their seeds saved so....how about pollen banking? From the talented @toughcitywriter.bsky.social for @biographic.bsky.social: www.biographic.com/banking-on-p... 🧪🌍 #conservation
www.biographic.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Some plants are super reluctant to having their seeds saved so....how about pollen banking? From the talented @toughcitywriter.bsky.social for @biographic.bsky.social: www.biographic.com/banking-on-p... 🧪🌍 #conservation
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It's Day 156 since cruise season began in Victoria. Today we host Riviera and Carnival Spirit. Expect the usual: air pollution, ocean pollution, garbage, traffic, noise 11am-midnite. Fun Fact: cruise tourists account for less than 2% of tourism spending in the region. It's high-impact, low-value.
September 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It's Day 156 since cruise season began in Victoria. Today we host Riviera and Carnival Spirit. Expect the usual: air pollution, ocean pollution, garbage, traffic, noise 11am-midnite. Fun Fact: cruise tourists account for less than 2% of tourism spending in the region. It's high-impact, low-value.
My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: De La Soul!
September 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: De La Soul!
In term of having autonomy and choice over what you read, the next best thing to print is a newsletter. Thank you for the shout out! oldgrowth.substack.com/p/print-lives
Print Lives!
Escaping the Algorithm, One Choice at a Time
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September 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
In term of having autonomy and choice over what you read, the next best thing to print is a newsletter. Thank you for the shout out! oldgrowth.substack.com/p/print-lives