Random Nature

What happens when two graduate students on a simple drive through the glen for a forest ecology conference in Scotland, UK turns into a primal standoff? Also Harris Sparrows (Birds I miss) Learn more: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Harriss_Sparrow/id

Just in time for spooky season, a special bonus episode inspired by true events. When two American graduate students take a wrong turn on a remote Scottish forest road, they encounter something ancient and territorial in the fading light. This is a story about what happens when human carelessness meets wild instinct, set against the backdrop of endangered species and vanishing habitats. It is a tale of ecological horror that asks: who truly owns the forest? Contains themes of conservation, co...

I sit down with the one and only Waterfall Hunter. He tells me about alligators that watch his cousins play basketball on the court. I hear all about his hometown of Cross, South Carolina. Fair warning — I giggle through most of this one, because the stories he brings back from his memory are like nothing you’ve ever heard. This conversation goes way off script, so settle in and enjoy. Link to Waterfall Hunter's photos: https://www.instagram.com/waterfall.hunter/?hl=en

A fraternity on campus was involved in a major gender-based violence incident. The university administration? Total radio silence. Then, instead of going after the president’s office or student conduct—you know, the people who actually have power—online outrage got aimed at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Yeah, the bird lab. In the woods. Which has nothing to do with Greek life. The Lab of O’s funding—which comes from memberships and grants—is under threat, as misguided persons online t...

Step into the treetops and discover the extraordinary life of Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874–1927), the brilliant American ornithologist and illustrator who revolutionized wildlife art and some amazing birders of Latinx heritage continuing in that important work! Urban Bird Project: https://urbanbirdproject.org/ Latino Outdoors: https://www.instagram.com/latinooutdoors/?hl=en Cornell Lab of O's Celebrate Urban Birds: https://celebrateurbanbirds.org/ Galeria EVA: https://www.instagram.com/g...