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The Safina Center
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The Safina Center creates an original blend of science, art and literature that inspires a deeper connection with nature, especially the sea.
https://www.safinacenter.org/

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In a new article on our blog, Safina Center Conservationist-in-Residence @hobdy71.bsky.social details the momentous release of three rehabilitated Newell's shearwaters—a native Hawaiian seabird known locally as ‘a’o.

www.safinacenter.org/blog/flying-free-on-kauai

#conservation #seabirds 🌎
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Read about wildlife refuges, environmental education, upcoming events, and more in this week's Safina Center update!

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May 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Join @csafina.bsky.social at the New Canaan Library in Connecticut this Sunday, April 27 for the 2025 Oldham Nature & Environment lecture! Carl will present a lecture on his book "Alfie & Me."

The event is free to attend. Register now at: www.newcanaanlibrary.org/event/hold-n...
April 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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TUESDAY, APRIL 22:

Join Safina Center Writer-in-Residence @4fishgreenberg.bsky.social for a reading and discussion of his speculative fiction novella "A Third Term" at Athena Books in Greenwich, Connecticut!

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the event page below.
April 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the most important carbon sinks on Earth, but its remote location encourages rampant fishing violations, human rights abuses, and underwater mining.

The Outlaw Ocean Project and TSC Fellow alum Ian Urbina have the full story:
www.theoutlawocean.com/reporting/th...
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March 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Read about #sharks, new books, upcoming events, and more in this week's #SafinaCenter update!

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March 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Safina Center Fellow @mikaelaloach.bsky.social's new book, "Climate is Just the Start" is OUT NOW!

The book offers young readers a guide to tackling the #climate crisis through an approach of hope and big-hearted optimism. 🌍

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/752314...
March 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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We're welcoming author, organizer, and speaker @mikaelaloach.bsky.social and environmentalist and educator @isaiashernandez.bsky.social to the Safina Center team!

We're also unveiling the new Judy Bergsma Scholarship, supporting the early careers of talented creators!

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January 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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A new episode of the Safina Center podcast is out now!

Hear from Hob Osterlund, our Conservationist-in-Residence, about her decades of experience working with the Laysan #albatross of #Kauai, #Hawaii.

Out now on Spotify, Apple podcasts, and our website!

#conservation
November 22, 2024 at 7:15 PM
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November 21, 2024 at 8:36 PM
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Carl Safina's "Alfie & Me" is now available in paperback!

Read the moving account of raising and freeing, an orphaned screech owl, whose lasting friendship illuminates humanity’s relationship with the world.

Featuring eight pages of colored photos and a new epilogue!
November 12, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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"During the last two weeks we became small and vulnerable while sailing the imposing offshore Arctic #Ocean."
Safina Center Fellow Belén Garcia Ovide encounters northern bottlenose #whales, storms, and camaraderie along her trip through the #Arctic:

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View from a sailboat near Jan Mayen Island, north of Iceland. The railing along the side of the deck is covered in ice, as is much of the deck itself. There is a snow-covered mountain in the distance. A Northern bottlenose whale breaching. Its round head is emerging from the ocean. A view of Svalbard and the calm sea from a distance. There are snow-covered plateaus in the distance and nearby floating ice. The sea water is a deep blue and is perfectly reflecting the landscape. Belén Garcia Ovide piloting the sailing vessel "Tilvera." She sits in captain's seat and looks out through a foggy window at the sea, carefully navigating fields of ice. She is wearing a large, puffy winter coat and a beanie.
October 28, 2024 at 3:37 PM
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"Our #coastlines are not built to withstand the type of rainfall and flooding scientists predict as record-high ocean temperatures fuel larger, more rapidly intensifying storms."

Safina Center Fellow @mstarling.bsky.social reflects on #Hurricane #Milton:
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A satellite photo of Hurricane Milton over the Gulf of Mexico, taken from the International Space Station. At the time, it was a category 4 storm.
October 21, 2024 at 3:10 PM
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As they reach maturity, the last of the Laysan albatross' downy baby feathers are usually relegated to their head. This leads to some very funky hairdos!

Safina Center Conservationist-in-Residence Hob Osterlund shares some of her favorites on our blog:

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A photo of a Laysan albatross chick's head. The last of the chick's downy feathers are all around the sides of their head, evoking a "Benjamin Franklin" style haircut.
October 4, 2024 at 5:48 PM