Plastic patrol

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I wrote a story about a seabird (guess the species!) that is monitoring plastic pollution all over the Arctic: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/a-hardy-seabird-is-helping-to-detect-plastic-pollution-in-the-arctic/ #LivingBirdMagazine @CornellBirds #northernfulmar #seabird #sketch #watercolor #bird #arctic #seabirdstory #wildlife #nature #science #conservation #plasticpollution #painting #art

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(Here’s the story.)

Abbreviated trvls

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Prickly. . . . #cactus #plants #watercolor #pen #sketch #spain #art #drawing #painting #islascanarias #canaryislands #españa #lagomera

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Sketched shortly before a hurried departure from a country locking down.

Micromanagement

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Who’s in charge, an animal or the bacteria in its gut? According to an @oikosjournal paper that I illustrated (by Macke et al.), gut microbes can drive the ecology and evolution of their hosts—like these lichen-eating reindeer. More at http://www.oikosjournal.org/forum. #ecology #art #illustration #drawing #wildlife #bacteria #animal #mammal #nature #cartoon #science #research #scientistsofinstagram #painting #oikosforum #scienceinpictures

A post shared by Abby McBride (@sketchbiologist) on Oct 23, 2019 at 8:47am PDT

Stop, drop, and roll

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Today in “scientists like pictures too(?)”...my illustration of ‘Generalized fire response strategies in plants and animals’ by Juli G. Pausas in @oikosjournal. . (Visit oikosjournal.org/forum to see the paper and more illustrations.) #ecology #art #conservation #illustration #wildlife #painting #animal #botany #trees #seeds #birds #ornithology #mammals #herps #fire #forestfire #oikosforum #scienceinpictures

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Shipping out

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Departing New Bedford on the ferry to Cuttyhunk Island #fishing #boats #newbedford #cuttyhunk #ferry #buzzardsbay #massachusetts #pencil #sketch #art

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