Richard Conniff
@richardconniff.bsky.social
Author, magazine feature & NY Times essayist, about wildlife, public health, poetry, museums, & other topics. National Magazine Award. Guggenheim Fellowship. Latest book, "Ending Epidemics: A History of Escape from Contagion" from MIT Press.
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Here's the wrap on my three-part series on spider webs. Read on to learn how the insects take their terrible revenge. 🌿
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A Spider's Life: Hanging its Butt in the Breeze
Despite their dark lord image, spiders also have cause for fear and trembling
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November 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Here's the wrap on my three-part series on spider webs. Read on to learn how the insects take their terrible revenge. 🌿
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Here's the conclusion of my three-part series on spider webs. Read on to learn how the insects take their terrible revenge. 🌿https://open.substack.com/pub/richardconniff/p/a-spiders-life-hanging-its-butt-in?r=1fcr4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
November 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Here's the conclusion of my three-part series on spider webs. Read on to learn how the insects take their terrible revenge. 🌿https://open.substack.com/pub/richardconniff/p/a-spiders-life-hanging-its-butt-in?r=1fcr4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
The better to understand how spiders live, I set out, on a climbing wall, to weave my own web. open.substack.com/pub/richardc...
Oh What a Tangled Web
In which the writer attempts to enter the soul of a spider
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November 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The better to understand how spiders live, I set out, on a climbing wall, to weave my own web. open.substack.com/pub/richardc...
In their heyday, magazines often paid me to do strange things. Building my own spider web was one of the strangest. 🌿 richardconniff.substack.com/p/oh-what-a-...
Oh What a Tangled Web
In which the writer attempts to enter the soul of a spider
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October 31, 2025 at 4:30 AM
In their heyday, magazines often paid me to do strange things. Building my own spider web was one of the strangest. 🌿 richardconniff.substack.com/p/oh-what-a-...
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Been to the Serengeti. Explored in the Amazon. Trekked in Bhutan. But watching spiders has been one of the most eye-opening experiences of my life as a naturalist. richardconniff.substack.com/p/spider-web...
October 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Been to the Serengeti. Explored in the Amazon. Trekked in Bhutan. But watching spiders has been one of the most eye-opening experiences of my life as a naturalist. richardconniff.substack.com/p/spider-web...
October 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Been to the Serengeti. Explored in the Amazon. Trekked in Bhutan. But watching spiders has been one of the most eye-opening experiences of my life as a naturalist. richardconniff.substack.com/p/spider-web...
You may be a policeman still angry that Trump freed Jan 6 rioters who battered cops, or a coal miner pissed that Trump has blocked regulations to protect you from black lung disease ... If you believe in America, it's your march, too. richardconniff.substack.com/p/heres-why-...
October 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
You may be a policeman still angry that Trump freed Jan 6 rioters who battered cops, or a coal miner pissed that Trump has blocked regulations to protect you from black lung disease ... If you believe in America, it's your march, too. richardconniff.substack.com/p/heres-why-...
A reminder of the many patriotic reasons you should join today's "No Kings" protests richardconniff.substack.com/p/heres-why-...
Here's Why Today's "No Kings" Protests Need You
It's time to renew the American tradition of resisting the tyranny of kings.
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October 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A reminder of the many patriotic reasons you should join today's "No Kings" protests richardconniff.substack.com/p/heres-why-...
A few reminders why you should join today’s protests against tyranny open.substack.com/pub/richardc...
Here's Why Today's "No Kings" Protests Need You
It's time to renew the American tradition of resisting the tyranny of kings.
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October 18, 2025 at 6:50 AM
A few reminders why you should join today’s protests against tyranny open.substack.com/pub/richardc...
Federal agents in Portland, OR, blocked an ambulance trying to take an injured protestor to the hospital & threatened to shoot the driver www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver
Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Federal agents in Portland, OR, blocked an ambulance trying to take an injured protestor to the hospital & threatened to shoot the driver www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
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Stop buying wildlife pets—turtles, parrots, lizards, ferrets, even tropical fish—until the global pet industry gets serious about protecting and rebuilding species and habitats. richardconniff.substack.com/p/the-wildli...
The Wildlife Pet Trade is a Global Disaster
And it's going to keep wrecking the natural world--till we stop paying for it.
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October 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Stop buying wildlife pets—turtles, parrots, lizards, ferrets, even tropical fish—until the global pet industry gets serious about protecting and rebuilding species and habitats. richardconniff.substack.com/p/the-wildli...
Big news! @IUCN members approve Motion 108 to set guardrails on the global wildlife pet trade. open.substack.com/pub/richardc...
The Wildlife Pet Trade is a Global Disaster
And it's going to keep wrecking the natural world--till we stop paying for it.
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October 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Big news! @IUCN members approve Motion 108 to set guardrails on the global wildlife pet trade. open.substack.com/pub/richardc...
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It's never been legal to export Galapagos iguanas from Ecuador. But pet dealers still sell them "legally" in Europe. Time to crack down on the wildlife pet trade. richardconniff.substack.com/p/the-wildli...
October 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It's never been legal to export Galapagos iguanas from Ecuador. But pet dealers still sell them "legally" in Europe. Time to crack down on the wildlife pet trade. richardconniff.substack.com/p/the-wildli...
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Some bats hunt and eat migrating songbirds at high altitude 🌿 richardconniff.substack.com/p/tally-ho-e...
Tally Ho! European Robin at Two O'Clock
Bats, the sonic masterminds of the skies, score an astonishing kill.
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October 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Some bats hunt and eat migrating songbirds at high altitude 🌿 richardconniff.substack.com/p/tally-ho-e...
IUCN will likely vote Monday to set guardrails for the wildlife pet trade. Originally just for terrestrial wildlife but now extended to ALL wildlife. open.substack.com/pub/richardc...
The Wildlife Pet Trade is a Global Disaster
And it's going to keep wrecking the natural world--till we stop paying for it.
open.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
IUCN will likely vote Monday to set guardrails for the wildlife pet trade. Originally just for terrestrial wildlife but now extended to ALL wildlife. open.substack.com/pub/richardc...
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Halfway in, it dawned on me that this is a Halloween story. I’d never previously thought of the world’s top science journals scheduling articles for a publicity boost from seasonal holidays. But, hey, Science, you got me! 🌿 richardconniff.substack.com/p/tally-ho-e...
Tally Ho! European Robin at Two O'Clock
Bats, the sonic masterminds of the skies, score an astonishing kill.
richardconniff.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Halfway in, it dawned on me that this is a Halloween story. I’d never previously thought of the world’s top science journals scheduling articles for a publicity boost from seasonal holidays. But, hey, Science, you got me! 🌿 richardconniff.substack.com/p/tally-ho-e...
Some bats hunt and eat migrating songbirds at high altitude 🌿 richardconniff.substack.com/p/tally-ho-e...
Tally Ho! European Robin at Two O'Clock
Bats, the sonic masterminds of the skies, score an astonishing kill.
richardconniff.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Some bats hunt and eat migrating songbirds at high altitude 🌿 richardconniff.substack.com/p/tally-ho-e...
Halfway in, it dawned on me that this is a Halloween story. I’d never previously thought of the world’s top science journals scheduling articles for a publicity boost from seasonal holidays. But, hey, Science, you got me! 🌿 richardconniff.substack.com/p/tally-ho-e...
Tally Ho! European Robin at Two O'Clock
Bats, the sonic masterminds of the skies, score an astonishing kill.
richardconniff.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Halfway in, it dawned on me that this is a Halloween story. I’d never previously thought of the world’s top science journals scheduling articles for a publicity boost from seasonal holidays. But, hey, Science, you got me! 🌿 richardconniff.substack.com/p/tally-ho-e...
Hey, #Connecticut residents, you can find your #vaccination record since 2020 here: ctwizpublicportal.dph.ct.gov
CT WiZ Public Portal
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October 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hey, #Connecticut residents, you can find your #vaccination record since 2020 here: ctwizpublicportal.dph.ct.gov
The shsssssssh-shsssssssh of boots walking through fallen leaves in the Connecticut woods
October 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The shsssssssh-shsssssssh of boots walking through fallen leaves in the Connecticut woods
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Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.
September 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.
It's never been legal to export Galapagos iguanas from Ecuador. But pet dealers still sell them "legally" in Europe. Time to crack down on the wildlife pet trade. richardconniff.substack.com/p/the-wildli...
October 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It's never been legal to export Galapagos iguanas from Ecuador. But pet dealers still sell them "legally" in Europe. Time to crack down on the wildlife pet trade. richardconniff.substack.com/p/the-wildli...
The IUCN will consider the wildlife pet trade at its meeting next week in Abu Dhabi. Time to act on a wildlife pet trade that's gone off the rails. 🌿
Stop buying wildlife pets—turtles, parrots, lizards, ferrets, even tropical fish—until the global pet industry gets serious about protecting and rebuilding species and habitats. richardconniff.substack.com/p/the-wildli...
The Wildlife Pet Trade is a Global Disaster
And it's going to keep wrecking the natural world--till we stop paying for it.
richardconniff.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The IUCN will consider the wildlife pet trade at its meeting next week in Abu Dhabi. Time to act on a wildlife pet trade that's gone off the rails. 🌿
Stop buying wildlife pets—turtles, parrots, lizards, ferrets, even tropical fish—until the global pet industry gets serious about protecting and rebuilding species and habitats. richardconniff.substack.com/p/the-wildli...
The Wildlife Pet Trade is a Global Disaster
And it's going to keep wrecking the natural world--till we stop paying for it.
richardconniff.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Stop buying wildlife pets—turtles, parrots, lizards, ferrets, even tropical fish—until the global pet industry gets serious about protecting and rebuilding species and habitats. richardconniff.substack.com/p/the-wildli...