Clamming

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September mudflats, with clammer #maine #intertidal #watercolor #sketch #pencil #art #painting #drawing #coast #ocean #nature #september

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Success for seabirds

A story of rare good news for seabirds, thanks to conservationists in Mexico.

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Guadalupe Murrelet, one of the many seabird species benefiting from spectacular conservation efforts on islands of northwest Mexico (story for Living Bird Magazine @CornellBirds): https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/mexicos-conservation-efforts-spur-dramatic-recoveries-for-20-species-of-seabirds/ #seabirds #conservation #birds #nature #science #animals #ocean #islands #mexico #art #drawing #painting #sketch #seabirdstory

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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

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