Chatham Island

Find the sketch biologist! Hiding in the jungle of the Tuku River Valley on Chatham Island, New Zealand. Photo by @ottowhitehead.

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Sheep scrutiny

Over the past couple weeks I've repeatedly found myself under scrutiny by sheep on ridgelines above me. Every time, I hear this in my head.

Wild and woolly: a hint of sketches to come, from my latest trip to one of New Zealand’s offshore islands.

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Been off the grid for a few weeks. Time to catch up! Whee.

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Cliffhanger! Risking Life and Limb for Fluffy Seabirds

Another music video/science documentary mashup, this time involving falling off a cliff...

In which I plummet down a 70-meter seacliff to find nesting birds—fairy prions!—and their impossibly fluffy chicks. My latest Nat Geo story (link in bio) features a music video + science documentary with music from "Birds Say" by @darlingside.

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Year of the Bird!

2018 is #YearoftheBird at National Geographic. On my little corner of the Nat Geo site, it's #YearoftheSeabird! Link in bio (and lots more stories and sketches to come).

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Auld Lang Seal

In lieu of some sort of profound end-of-year summary for 2017...please accept this trio of New Zealand fur seals

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