Tag: science communication

December 20, 2019

What can a viral ant bite teach about communicating science?

When North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences researcher Adrian Smith posted video of himself getting bitten by a trap-jaw ant in his lab, it wound up being used by the...

December 10, 2019

Researchers share tales of scientists at work

How do you tell gray wolves (Canis lupus) apart by their howls? How do you track muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) in a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) costume? In a series on...

June 21, 2019

Wolf tale opens eyes to ‘the unknown world of wildlife’

“Every year I sit alone with a wolf,” Douglas Smith wrote. “The wolf doesn’t agree to this, as I catch it as part of a research program on wolves in...

December 4, 2018

TWS’ Oregon Chapter launches podcast

The Oregon Chapter of The Wildlife Society is producing a conservation podcast to provide information to the public about conservation, success stories and other natural resource issues in the state...

November 16, 2018

A viral lesson in science communication

When Texas A&M University marine biologist Christine Figgener uploaded a video of her team pulling a plastic drinking straw from the nose of an olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea),...

May 10, 2018

Tweeting helps scientists get cited

You don’t have to be a celebrity — or a president — to benefit from a social media presence. Researchers recently found that scientists can likely boost the number of...