Jason Goldman
Dr. Jason G. Goldman is a freelance science writer covering animal behavior, wildlife biology, conservation, and ecology. He has written for Scientific American, Los Angeles Magazine, The Washington Post, The Guardian, the BBC, Conservation Magazine, and elsewhere. He hosts "The Wild Life" podcast and is co-editor of Science Blogging: The Essential Guide (Yale University Press). He's obsessed with mountain lions and has been called a raccoon avenger.
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Believe it or not, the discovery of a dead male humpback whale Thursday near Dockweiler State Beach has a bright side.
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Many biologists say they're spending too much time in the lab. Citizen science programs could help change that.
Citizen science is a means by which we continue to cast off the shackles of the Middle Ages.
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Since its launch in 2014, the BioSCAN project has found undocumented biodiversity in SoCal backyards — and the new species just keep coming.
You don't need to be an expert to make scientific discoveries. You just need curiosity and a smartphone.
Calls to move P-22 in the wake of a zoo koala death are misguided.
No American mammal was more endangered than California's island fox. And now the Feds say the fox has recovered.