sarahdeweerdt.bsky.social
Freelance science journalist covering biology, medicine, environment. Always gets the name of the dog, but may be too besotted with the dog to remember the name. Working on a family history of my local whales.
👤 Joined on 19 August 2023
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@sarahdeweerdt.bsky.socialI am beyond thrilled to announce that, as of this week, I am now the Associate Editor at @nationalobserver.com For those who don't know, CNO is a daily online news outlet focused on Canada's response to our changing climate www.nationalobserver.com
Show PostElephant seals as unwittingly agents for humans to spy on whale calls www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
Show Post25. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff. I can’t define capital L/F Literary Fiction, but I know it when I read it & this was a solid example.
Show Post🤯 Dang! Turns out that glass sea sponges are the Immortal Unicorns of the Deep. Makes sense that some of the longest-living individual animals are also some of the most plant-like, rooting in place, growing up and out, and forming concentric rings that record climate and can be used to estimate age
Show PostFor celebration, of #WorldOctopusDay.. my offering of a creature observed in #Edmonds #PugetSound Identified by @inaturalist.bsky.social as "red" or octopus rubescens. #cephalopod
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