Bruce Smith
- 2 days ago
- 1 min
Legend Keepers receives award
In the Feathered Quill national book awards competition, the second novel in the Legend Keepers series, The Partnership, won first place...
Bruce Smith
- 5 days ago
- 1 min
Going, going, gone
The world's glaciers are frozen reservoirs of water that sustain nearly 2 billion people worldwide. As glaciers melt away, so do the...
Bruce Smith
- Jan 1
- 1 min
Just hanging on ...
A bit of good news in the New Year. The most recent gathering of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Montreal produced a...
Bruce Smith
- Dec 15, 2022
- 1 min
For Young and Old Alike
If you're like me and haven't yet finished your Christmas shopping, here's an idea. Get those readers in your life who like a good...
Bruce Smith
- Dec 2, 2022
- 1 min
Fire-spreading hawks
A phenomenon known and ceremonialized for thousands of years by Australia's Aboriginal people is receiving scientific interest. A paper...
Bruce Smith
- Nov 10, 2022
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Tasmania or bust!
Birds have always fascinated us. We mere mortals are enamored by their colors, behavior, song, and diversity. Most of all, perhaps, we...
Bruce Smith
- Oct 24, 2022
- 1 min
Where did all the critters go?
I've written several blog posts earlier this year about the continuing loss of Earth's biodiversity. Not a happy subject. Yet, as with...
Bruce Smith
- Sep 25, 2022
- 1 min
Bumblebees on the Move
As the climate of the Rocky Mountains warms, bumblebee inhabitants of lower elevations are shifting their ranges into the alpine...
Bruce Smith
- Sep 2, 2022
- 1 min
The second Legend Keepers book
The second book in the Legend Keepers middle-grade series is here! Copies can now be ordered from bookstores and from online booksellers....
Bruce Smith
- Aug 20, 2022
- 1 min
Climate hazards worsen human disease
A study published in Nature Climate Change reports that over half of 375 human infectious diseases are made worse by extreme weather...
Bruce Smith
- Aug 10, 2022
- 1 min
Who's smarter (or dances better) than whom?
Because some of you found my last post about birds a welcome diversion from discouraging environmental news, here's another. Whether it's...
Bruce Smith
- Aug 5, 2022
- 1 min
What? Me, a headache?
After my recent posts on the climate crisis, zoonotic disease, and the planet's loss of biodiversity, you'll likely welcome a lighter bit...
Bruce Smith
- Jul 31, 2022
- 1 min
Disappearing Climates & Biodiversity
Protected areas are biodiversity reservoirs around the globe. But as the warming of the planet's climate accelerates, species using...
Bruce Smith
- Jul 11, 2022
- 1 min
Nature's true value
Drawing on more than 1,000 scientific studies assessing the value of nature, a landmark study published by the Intergovernmental...
Bruce Smith
- Jun 20, 2022
- 1 min
Spillover: Emerging Disease Threats
A peer-reviewed study published in the journal Nature in April discussed how interactions between people and animals are at the heart of...
Bruce Smith
- Jun 10, 2022
- 1 min
Birds in a Tailspin
Over the seven years we've lived outside of Bozeman, Montana, the change we've noticed is dramatic. We just don't see the birds we used...
Bruce Smith
- Jun 6, 2022
- 1 min
Rights of Nature
Following on my March 7th post about the newly enacted law in Panama, the highest court in India has likewise ruled that "Mother Nature "...
Bruce Smith
- May 29, 2022
- 1 min
Covid in Mink
This New York Times article summarizes the complexity of the human-wildlife disease interface. Mink farms in the US, as in the...
Bruce Smith
- May 24, 2022
- 1 min
New and improved
Hello to all of you who subscribe to my wildlife/science/author blog. I've been away rebuilding my website and companion blog. That's...
Bruce Smith
- Mar 31, 2022
- 1 min
Covid and Wildlife
Following on my earlier posts in January and February about the human-wildlife connection of Covid-19, this link accesses a half hour...