Ben Goldfarb
@bengoldfarb.bsky.social
Independent conservation journalist writing a book about fish. Author of CROSSINGS, on #roadecology, and EAGER, on beaver belief.
How Tunas Evolved to Become an Apex Predator of the Sea
How Tunas Evolved to Become an Apex Predator of the Sea
How Tunas Evolved to Become an Apex Predator of the Sea: Contrary to popular belief, it had little to do with the dinosaur-killing asteroid
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Here’s a sneak peak at an excerpt from our new book, The Best Science Stories and How They Work, featuring writing by @kamal-t.bsky.social for @biographic.bsky.social and annotations by @bengoldfarb.bsky.social. Order here: www.theopennotebook.com/the-best-sci...
Idea for a (podcast? book? article series? newsletter?): stories about people/orgs/coalitions who are centering biodiversity in politics & social movement-building. What does it take to move the preservation of biodiversity from the political margins to the mainstream? To build power around nature?
Don't love it. www.denverpost.com/2026/07/22/c...
Last winter’s extreme snow drought was a sign of the West’s future, Colorado study finds
Extreme snow droughts like the one that plagued the West this winter will become more frequent — and eventually the norm — across much of the region as climate change fuels warmer temperatures, accord...
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Happy pub day to THE BEST SCIENCE STORIES AND HOW THEY WORK! Take a look under the hood of great science writing with insights from some of the best. @maryroach.bsky.social @sabs.bsky.social @amymaxmen.bsky.social @edyong209.bsky.social @ferrisjabr.bsky.social @bengoldfarb.bsky.social bit.ly/3T3JGmf
The Best Science Stories and How They Work
An invitation to engage with some of today’s most respected science journalists as they take readers beneath the surface to reveal the making of eleven of the best science stories.With eleven deeply r...
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Honored to be a small part of this extraordinary and enlightening compilation, edited by @siricarpenter.bsky.social and featuring contributors like @edyong209.bsky.social @maryroach.bsky.social @sabs.bsky.social @bengoldfarb.bsky.social @amymaxmen.bsky.social and more!
The Open Notebook@theopennotebook.bsky.social · 2w agoOur new book is out today! Edited by our own @siricarpenter.bsky.social, the collection contains 11 exemplary science stories with commentary. Thank you to our authors and annotators, @sloanfoundation.bsky.social, and @uchicagopress.bsky.social. Order here: www.theopennotebook.com/the-best-sci...
A couple years ago, @siricarpenter.bsky.social asked if I might contribute to @theopennotebook.bsky.social's new book on the craft of science writing, THE BEST SCIENCE STORIES & HOW THEY WORK. At last that book is out *today*, and makes an essential addition to the shelves of any science writer!
The Open Notebook@theopennotebook.bsky.social · 2w ago“Seeing the River for the Fish,” written by @kamal-t.bsky.social for @biographic.bsky.social, appears in our new book, The Best Science Stories and How They Work, with annotations by @bengoldfarb.bsky.social. Pre-order: www.theopennotebook.com/the-best-sci...
But I was told by Republican legislators that we need to annex Canada in order to raze the boreal forest, or some dumb shit.
Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 3w agoProbably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
A typically fun and thoughtful @4fishgreenberg.bsky.social meditation on oil-rig angling. texashighways.com/travel/texas...
The Disappearing Art of Deep-Sea Oil Rig Fishing
The most adventurous anglers in the world head to the Texas coast to fish from from the Gulf’s vanishing oil rigs
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“I hope this book will find its way into your hands, and that you’ll soon be scribbling your own notes in the margins, adding to—maybe even arguing with—the annotations already there.” Read more from @siricarpenter.bsky.social in today's post: www.theopennotebook.com/2026/07/14/a...
Charlie Cunningham, you were a super-soldier in @thewaroncars.bsky.social. 🫡 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/s...
Seems bad: "Anyone who regularly comes into contact with rubber tires may be inadvertently exposing themselves to brain-altering chemicals."
Learning What Substance Is Suspected of Causing Alzheimer's May Throw You Into an Existential Crisis
A surprisingly common substance was found to have a causal relationship with the kind of brain damage associated with Alzheimer's disease.
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Eager was my favorite book I read for years, then Crossings came along and replaced it in that tier of reading for me. I was commuting between Denver and Nathrop every week or so it was an awesome book to listen to while traveling to really connect it to the environment I was in on the drives.
Between this and proposed Roadless Rule revocation, this administration’s goal appears to be destruction of every scrap of wildlife habitat in America.
Maxine Joselow@maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 4w agoThe Trump admin just changed the definition of "harm" to animals under the Endangered Species Act, in what environmentalists called the biggest erosion of protections for wildlife in 50 years. @nytimes.com gift link to the story w/ @catrineinhorn.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...
The Trump admin just announced habitat for imperiled flora/fauna, the main point of the Endangered Species Act, is now ok to destroy. We will challenge this, and we will win resoundingly. The law (and case law) could not be clearer about habitat protection. 🌎
Department of the Interior Restores Clear ESA Enforcement by Rescinding Misguided “Harm” Definition | U.S. Department of the Interior
The Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce today announced they have finalized a rule rescinding the outdated regulatory definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act.
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"...the recently announced layoffs at Scientific American have elicited shock, dismay, and grief throughout our science writing community." www.nasw.org/July2026soli...
NASW expresses solidarity with journalists facing layoffs and loss of freelance work
To the workers affected by this round of layoffs, both in terms of staff jobs and the loss of freelance work as a result of those eliminated positions, and to those still recovering from similar actio...
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Wildlife crossings are gaining global momentum and rare nonpartisan support. Journalist @bengoldfarb.bsky.social joins @mikedigirolamo.bsky.social at the Mongabay Newscast to discuss how these structures are helping protect threatened wildlife, and improving genetic diversity. 🎧️ Listen now 👇️
The growing global popularity of wildlife crossings
Nearly three years ago, Newscast guest, author and journalist Ben Goldfarb discussed his book Crossings, which is about wildlife crossings and road ecology. Wildlife crossings help reconnect habitats…
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Wildlife crossings--bridges connecting wildlife habitats over roads, providing safe passageway for wildlife--are having a moment. Their growing popularity comes down to the evidence of their effectiveness at preventing collisions, and saving lives. I speak with @bengoldfarb.bsky.social about it:
The growing global popularity of wildlife crossings
Nearly three years ago, Newscast guest, author and journalist Ben Goldfarb discussed his book Crossings, which is about wildlife crossings and road ecology. Wildlife crossings help reconnect habitats ...
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For the @nytimes.com Magazine, I wrote about the increasingly fervent native plant movement; its esteemed guru, the entomologist and bestselling author Douglas Tallamy; and the complexities of ecologically responsible gardening in our modern era. Gift link 🎁 : www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/m...
I Wanted an Ecologically Responsible Garden. It Was Harder Than I Thought.
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Need the title page of this 2016 FISHERIES article as a poster.
How lucky are we that there is another species out there helping protect plants, animals, and ecosystems during catastrophic wildfires? Thanks, beavers.
"Migrants from tributary populations accounted for 93.5% of adult (Yellowstone cutthroat) trout captured in the main stem Snake River, w/ individuals traveling up to 134 km to access main stem habitat." Not just salmon who need connected rivers! esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Releasing a Trout into the Water
ALT: Releasing a Trout into the Water
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"Stories of optimism about coral reefs are more effective at getting the public to care: 'When the graph is going up, people want to be a part of that story. When the graph is going down, everybody wants to get off that ship.'" via @biographic.bsky.social www.biographic.com/the-corals-t...
The Corals That Shouldn’t Exist - bioGraphic
Beneath Miami’s skyscrapers, a colony of corals defies expectations—and offers insight into other undersea urban ecosystems.
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This is what it looks like to take wildlife collisions seriously. There are >40 wildlife overpasses and underpasses with fencing along the Trans-Canada Highway near Banff, Alberta. They’ve reduced wildlife-vehicle collisions by 80%, saving human & animal lives while promoting connected ecosystems.
One of the things you realize as a bike commuter is that the shoulders of streets are absolutely filled with the slowly rotting corpses of small animals killed by cars. I’d estimate at least one per mile. On every road. Yes, even those near you.
ellie lockhart (she/they)@eleanor.lockhart.contact · last mo.Bike lanes kill squirrels, you heard it here first
