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Spoorthy Raman

@spoorthyraman.bsky.social

Science and Environment journalist | Staff Writer @ Mongabay | ✍️ in Hakai Magazine, Mongabay, DeccanHerald ++ | Authored two 📕s | 🐕 Mom | St. John's (Ktaqmkuk) | Writing portfolio - spoorthyraman.journoportfolio.com

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Erik Hoffner@erikhoffner.bsky.social · last yr.

California’s #wolves naturally dispersed south from Oregon & are now further expanding their territories, with more frequent encounters w/ people: “We’re at the beginning of this really exciting recovery … so there’s a lot of unknowns.” @spoorthyraman.bsky.social reports, w/ cool video of howling:

Wolves’ continued spread in California brings joy, controversy & conflicts

With its enchanting eyes, powerful jaws, acute senses and haunting howls, the gray wolf (Canis lupus) — the largest member of the dog family — is a wilderness icon. Once the most widespread mammal on ...

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Erik Hoffner@erikhoffner.bsky.social · 2y ago

Evolution is so amazing, there's *poisonous birds* too but even those fall victim to the illegal wildlife trade “A large part of the songbird trade in Indonesia is wild-caught birds [which] makes them unsustainable to be kept [as] pets.” @spoorthyraman.bsky.social reports for @mongabay.bsky.social

Indonesia’s voracious songbird trade laps up rare and poisonous pitohuis

Among New Guinea’s rainforest inhabitants is a group of birds called pitohuis, chatty songbirds that stand out for their loud, attractive songs. But there’s more to these birds than their songs: their...

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Spoorthy Raman@spoorthyraman.bsky.social · 2y ago

My newest story for @mongabay.bsky.social on the #songbirdtrade in #Indonesia. Pitohuis, a group of birds endemic to New Guinea, have neurotoxins that can cause allergy-like symptoms. But that poison hasn't been able to protect these birds from the songbird trade. news.mongabay.com/2025/01/indo...

Indonesia’s voracious songbird trade laps up rare and poisonous pitohuis

Among New Guinea’s rainforest inhabitants is a group of birds called pitohuis, chatty songbirds that stand out for their loud, attractive songs. But there’s more to these birds than their songs: their...

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Spoorthy Raman@spoorthyraman.bsky.social · 2y ago

Presenting my newest story for @mongabay.bsky.social on cute little puffins. These little seabirds are found in the northern Atlantic Ocean. Newfoundland is the puffin capital in North America, so I had to write about these birds, but the story is one of caution. news.mongabay.com/2025/01/atla...

Atlantic puffins are perilously attracted to artificial light, new study shows

As the long summer days of August turn into nights, a few dozen volunteers gather in the small community of Witless Bay, a tiny town on the Atlantic coast about a half-hour’s drive south of St. John’s...

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Spoorthy Raman@spoorthyraman.bsky.social · 2y ago

Happy New Year, everyone! Presenting my first 2025 story for @mongabay.bsky.social on sharks, rays and chimaeras. These ancient fish survived five mass extinctions, but can they survive overfishing? news.mongabay.com/2025/01/new-...

New evidence spells massive trouble for world’s sharks, rays and chimaeras

Evolution has perfected the world’s sharks and rays for more than 420 million years. Unlike the ammonites or pterosaurs that they once shared the oceans with, sharks and rays persevered through five m...

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The Open Notebook@theopennotebook.bsky.social · 2y ago

@spoorthyraman.bsky.social is an award-winning science and environmental journalist and author who mostly writes about our changing climate and how our lives are entwined with it. Get to know her here. 🧪

A Day in the Life of Spoorthy Raman - The Open Notebook

Spoorthy Raman is an award-winning science and environmental journalist and author who mostly writes about our changing climate and how our lives are entwined with it. Her words have appeared in Monga...

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The Open Notebook@theopennotebook.bsky.social · 3y ago

Here, @spoorthyraman.bsky.social, @isobel-whitcomb.bsky.social, and other journalists share tips with Tyler Santora for helping sources feel comfortable and open up so you can better guide your interviews.

How to Steer an Interview So You Get What You Need - The Open Notebook

Conducting interviews that provide everything you need for an article, eliciting details from experts for color and juicy quotes, and building rapport with sources are essential skills for any journal...

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The Open Notebook@theopennotebook.bsky.social · 3y ago

Aquí, @spoorthyraman.bsky.social, @isobel-whitcomb.bsky.social, y otros periodistas comparten consejos con Tyler Santora para ayudar a las fuentes a sentirse cómodas y a abrirse para que puedas guiar mejor tus entrevistas. #TONenEspañol

Cómo conducir una entrevista para obtener lo que necesitas - The Open Notebook

Realizar entrevistas que aporten todo lo que necesitas para un artículo, suscitando detalles de los expertos para darle color y obtener citas jugosas y estableciendo una buena relación con las fuentes...

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Mongabay@mongabay.com · 3y ago

Beside other risks, a new study from Peninsular Malaysia finds that exposure to oil plantations also significantly increases the risk of death among infant southern pig-tailed macaques, @spoorthyraman.bsky.social reports:

‘Shocking’ mortality of infant macaques points to dangers of oil palm plantations

For 12 years, primatologist Nadine Ruppert and her colleagues have had one recurring task on their calendar: tagging along with a group of southern pig-tailed macaques in Segari, Peninsular Malaysia, ...

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Mongabay@mongabay.com · 3y ago

Across the U.S. Great Lakes & Canada, there’s a growing move among Indigenous communities toward wild rice restoration that revives the species, ecosystems & ancient foodways “Wild rice is very important to us because of the teachings,” one restorer tells our reporter @spoorthyraman.bsky.social:

Culture and conservation thrive as Great Lakes tribes bring back native wild rice

In the late summer of 2023, thick stands of wild rice stood tall and shimmered gold in some of Lac du Flambeau’s lakes. The plant has been virtually absent in these lakes for decades, so for Joe Grave...

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Jeremy Hance@jeremyhance.bsky.social · 3y ago

An incredible, hopeful story from my home range by @spoorthyraman.bsky.social for @mongabay.bsky.social. We can restore instead of tear down. Read and eat some wild rice, y'all. It's delicious.

Culture and conservation thrive as Great Lakes tribes bring back native wild rice

In the late summer of 2023, thick stands of wild rice stood tall and shimmered gold in some of Lac du Flambeau’s lakes. The plant has been virtually absent in these lakes for decades, so for Joe Grave...

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Siri Carpenter@siricarpenter.bsky.social · 3y ago

Wooohoooo, @theopennotebook.bsky.social is a teenager! Bring on the moodiness and the wobbly high heels!

The Open Notebook@theopennotebook.bsky.social · 3y ago

🎂The Open Notebook is officially a teenager. That’s right, TON is 13 years old today! But rather than make questionable haircut choices and turn our music up way too loud, we thought we’d share 13 things we’re most proud of and grateful for right now. 🧵 www.theopennotebook.com

Jude Isabella@judeisabella.bsky.social · 3y ago

Thanks to @spoorthyraman.bsky.social or the suggestion she made as an @hakaimagazine.bsky.social fellow to update our older features. What's happening with Tasmanian Devils in 2023? Lots. One of our first features from 2015 has an update: hakaimagazine.com/features/the...

The Details Are in the Devil’s Tumors | Hakai Magazine

There are three known wild contagious cancers in vertebrates, and Tasmanian devils have two of them. What does that mean for the endangered marsupials?

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Spoorthy Raman@spoorthyraman.bsky.social · 3y ago

Hello world! So the blue bird has changed enough for me to not recognise it anymore. So, I finally made the leap to Blue Sky! Hoping to (re)create a community here. I am a science and environment journalist based in the lovely city of St. John's, Newfoundland. Love to connect with you all!