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I will be live-streaming with the @scifri.bsky.social book club on March 27 at 4 PM ET. Join us!

A box full of brand new copies of Jason Bittel’s new book, GRIZZLED, emerges from a hole in the ground, surrounded by dirt and tree roots, as if it has just woken from hibernation. The book’s cover features a grizzly bear prominently.

Text that reads, “To Jess, Mark, June, and Huck: For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.” —Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

Happy Publication Day to GRIZZLED—a day I’ve been dreaming about for 10 years! 🧪

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This is a great awards program for science communication. Enter now (before April 3) and/or please encourage others to do so. Categories include researchers (early, mid- & late career), journalists, independent & institutional. From @nationalacademies.org & @schmidtsciences.bsky.social

Submit a session proposal for ScienceWriters2026 Propose your great ideas for NASW sessions and plenaries and for CASW’s “Science + Science Writing” panel discussions at ScienceWriters2026. Help make our program relevant and timely, designed by science writers, for science writers.

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Americans Are Uniquely Infatuated With Bald Eagles. Too Bad Most of Us Have No Idea What They’re Actually Like. For one thing, there's the sound they make.

Ready for a new kind of animal book? A wildlife wonder-guide, if you will?

GRIZZLED: Love Letters to 50 of North America's Least Understood Animals drops NEXT WEEK! Get a taste over at @slate.com, which has published my bald eagle chapter in full! 🧪🦅

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Join us! Submit your name to run for the NASW Board in 2026 This summer, NASW members will elect officers and at-large members to form the next NASW Board. Are you ready to help lead our membership through these challenging times? Any professional member in good standing may run for the Board.

NASW Members: Are you interested in shaping the future of science writing? Do you enjoy working with a fun group of committed volunteers? Please consider submitting your interest to NASW's Nominating Committee by the March 18 deadline.

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wonderful opportunity for climate journalists!!
I always love reading all the winners, which ends up serving as an incredible collection of climate journalism from around the world

I just knew I wouldn't be happy with myself unless I wrote the book. And somehow I kept taking small steps toward reporting and writing it. And then eventually it did get written.

The Economist’s science and technology internship We invite applications for the 2026 Richard Casement internship

"The Economist is seeking promising journalists and would-be journalists to apply for the 2026 Richard Casement internship" www.economist.com/science-and-...

Please enter (or encourage your favorite climate cover-ers to enter) submissions for the Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards.

Our Most Anticipated Books of 2026 From the daily newsletter: Maggie O’Farrell, Halldór Laxness, Colson Whitehead, and more writers to watch this year.

@newyorker.com reveals their most anticipated books of 2026, including LONDON FALLING by @praddenkeefe.bsky.social and COOL MACHINE by @colsonwhitehead.com via www.newyorker.com/newsletter/t...

I spotted Spark in the wild yesterday at the Stetson branch of the New Haven Free Public Library. It was such a thrill to see the book and such an honor to bring Jim West’s life story to young minds. Yay, #STEM.

Are The Fellas In Sync? | Defector Gather ’round, friends, for it is time to play my favorite newly invented game of the Winter Olympics. The game is called “Are The Fellas In Sync,” and the way you play this game is by scrolling throu...

I played my new favorite game, which is called Are The Fellas In Sync?
defector.com/are-the-fell...

The Evolution of the Human Brain With funding from the John Templeton Foundation, Carmel and Meshorer have been looking into how changes in epigenetics between modern and ancient humans might manifest in our brains. Using their techn...

In reporting this piece on the epigenetics of ancient humans, I got to find out what happens when archaeology guys get to work with fresh bone for the first time. 😂

Because you see, fresh bone still has marrow...which makes BLOOD.

www.templeton.org/news/the-evo...

How to Build a Better Fable Adventures in conservation messaging.

Rachel Carson's "Fable for Tomorrow" worked brilliantly — but only once. How can we create conservation fables for today?

conservationworks.substack.com/p/how-to-bui...

solid review of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES in @newrepublic.com today by Sulmaan Wasif Khan, love this paragraph especially. Full story: newrepublic.com/article/2062... 🌍🐅

Join NYT bestselling author @ferrisjabr.bsky.social at #Bioneers2026 for a breathtaking exploration of how life turned our planet into our cosmic oasis — and what that means for how we care for it now. 🎟️ Learn more and get your ticket: buff.ly/nIKM1kz

I'm a health reporter at @stateline.org and @statesnewsroom.com. I'm looking for experts and researchers following the effects of #ACA subsidy expiration and #Medicaid coverage loss on chronic illness, specifically #diabetes. DM's are open and open to research links. s chatlani AT stateline dot org

Do you get the weekly @therevelator.org newsletter? If not, you're missing a key piece of my writing -- and some great environmental journalism. Next week is our 400th issue -- and I'd love to get 400 new subscribers by then. You can sign up -- for free -- here: therevelator.org/subscribe-to...

Grizzled by Jason Bittel: 9781426223358 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books Funny, fascinating, and scientifically grounded, this charming book reveals unknown details about 50 well-known animals. Effortlessly readable, Grizzled reintroduces nature lovers to species they th...

What do American buffalo/bison have in common w/bees?

🦬 🐝 🦬 They're pollinators! 🐝 🦬 🐝

As they wade through tall plants, buffalo beards transport pollen from plant to plant.

Want to learn more? GRIZZLED comes out March 3! Get it wherever books are sold! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804002...

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Hey, Team Nature Lovers! Take the @biographic.bsky.social reader survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/8CPGXTR We would LOVE to hear from you! 🙏 🦑🧪🌍 #conservation #peoplewhoread

I really enjoyed interviewing Sarah Boon, author of MELTDOWN, about glaciers, #womeninstem, #mentalhealth. As she says, it's time to "open up the silence" about mental health in academia. Give it a read. @terrainorg.bsky.social @snowhydro.bsky.social

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?

The Tyee Is Recruiting Our Next Editor-in-Chief thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...

Visiting Fellows Our visiting fellows program welcomes leaders from diverse sectors — including civil society, government, industry, media, and the arts. Learn more.

Knowing that a lot of fantastic, dedicated journalists in DC are looking for opportunities: JHU's Agora Institute has a call out for Visiting Fellows. The 2026-27 theme is Democracy and the Media.

It's nonresident & carries a modest stipend (unfortunately no benefits). It's open to practitioners.

Photographer - The Seattle Times - Career Page Seeking a creative Photographer to support our Visuals team.

The Seattle Times is hiring a photojournalist for their newsroom; to cover a variety of assignments, from major league sports to spot news to magazine features. seattletimes.applytojob.com/apply/GeY4AJ...

Terra Affirma | Sarah M. Gilman | Substack Weekly comics poetry and illustrated essays about the environment, natural history, and how we find home in our bodies and in the world, from artist and writer Sarah Gilman. Click to read Terra Affirm...

If you are a fan of Sarah's comics poems, as I am, you might want to subscribe to:
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Students and recruiters: Register now for the NASW Virtual Internship Fair on Feb. 6, 2026 NASW student members looking for great science writing internships or one-on-one networking conversation with editors at news and science organizations are invited to register for the 2026 NASW Virtual Internship Fair.

DEADLINE TOMORROW: Students planning to join us on Friday, February 6 for NASW’s Virtual Internship Fair must register by the end of tomorrow, Tuesday, January 27.

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Students and recruiters: Register now for the NASW Virtual Internship Fair on Feb. 6, 2026 NASW student members looking for great science writing internships or one-on-one networking conversation with editors at news and science organizations are invited to register for the 2026 NASW Virtual Internship Fair.

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Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton: 9780593689004 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • FINALIST FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE • A fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world,...

I recently finished this book and immediately turned back to the first page and read it *again.*

Do not let the blurb from Angelina Jolie put you off.

I think this is a quite daring piece of literature.
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