Research

Animal Welfare in Wildlife Rehabilitation

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Enrichment in Wildlife Rehabilitation

Science Communication

UC Davis SciComm Course

Popular Science Writing

Sci Art

I have some new followers but realized I haven’t been active on this account in the past year! Oh my! Many doodles have been in the works but #SciArt and #SciComm have taken a back seat as I try and do some Sci writing!
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The past year I have

#Inktober 6️⃣GOLDEN

The long-held belief that goldfish (Carassius auratus) have 3-second memories have been debunked time and again. More recently, researchers demonstrate that not only do goldfish have good memories but they are able to use their m

#Inktober 5️⃣ MAP

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Oceans cover 71% of our planet’s surface and sea-faring humans have used constellations to navigate for centuries but modern sailors tend to rely heavily on maps, compasses, and equipment to guide their oceanic trave

#Inktober 4️⃣DODGE

Snorkeling is one of my favorite things, but I do feel bad for being a fish voyeur! If huge eyeballs were staring in through my window, I would dodge too!
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#DYK that Clownfish and anemones have a “symbiotic mutualism&rdq

#Inktober 3️⃣ PATH

Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) are not only sexually dimorphic (differences in size or appearance between sexes) but researchers found that they have different foraging paths!
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Elephant seals have a wild an

#Inktober 2️⃣ SPIDERS

Japanese spider crabs (Macrocheira kaempferi) are such rad deep sea critters but I wonder if they have an identity crisis because they aren’t actually a spider and they don’t look like your typical crab?
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These

Trying my hand at #Inktober to get in some #PencilMiles!

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I can only imagine marine mammals, like these sleeping sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), dream about capsizing all the ocean vessels that create a cachophany of noise in their e

🌲🪵 If you drove along the California coastline, you would likely notice if a redwood forest disappeared. But if you looked out over the ocean would you notice if a kelp forest disappeared?
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Bull kelp, a popular resident in northern California k

After an intense research and grant-writing week, taking a nourishing afternoon to transfer some #WildWonderConference wisdom nuggets from from lab notebook into my very 1st nature journal!
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#NatureJournaling #GrowthMindset #StayCurious #SciDood

Moving sure makes you remember all the stuff you shoved into a drawer!
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I designed stickers as a thank you to all the @themarinemammalcenter staff and volunteers who helped me with data collection last summer, and during the moving process realiz

Feeling equal amounts of fatigue and nourishment on the last day of #WildWonderConference. I didn’t have the bandwidth for watercolor but listening to @anthropocenesketchbook share enthusiasm about scavengers, detrivores, and decomposers both t

Haven’t done a hand-drawn doodle in ages but @rosemarymosco ‘s nature cartooning class at the #WildWonderConference has me utterly and delightfully INSPIRED!
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Also, I got so enraptured with this comic that I forgot about the #WildWonde

Day 3 of the #WildWonderChallenge. Probably my favorite one so far!

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#NatureJournaling #Haiku #NaturePoetry #Watercolor

Playing in the delicate beauty of wildflowers with @sushhegde!

Need to go out and get a round brush asap!😋

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Day 2 of the #WildWonderChallenge sponsored by the wild blackberries in my backyard.

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Tapping into silliness and imagination is liberating. Thank you @katerighter for her amazing “world of whimsy” class and breaking barriers of what nature journaling needs to be. It doesn’t always need to be about accuracy, you can e

Day 1 of the #WildWonderChallenge!

So nourishing to be around scientists and naturalists that appreciate and value #SciArt and #SciComm at my first Wild Wonder #NatureJournaling Conference.

Serving you Ethogram realness!

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Haven’t had a whole lot of time for art these days between animal husbandry, data management, and writing, but finally setting up my ethogram key codes feels like a milestone and a bit of crafting!
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