A couple of days ago my daughter asked her grandmother, "What's Black Friday?" When her grandmother told her, my daughter followed with: "Have you ever done it?" When I pulled on that thread it led to a conversation that is still unraveling. At the same time, news of camp-outs, body…
Wingfield DK, Peckham SH, Foley DG, Palacios DM, Lavaniegos BE, R Durazo, WJ Nichols, DA Croll, SJ Bograd. (2011) The Making of a Productivity Hotspot in the Coastal Ocean. PLoS ONE 6(11): e27874. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027874 Abstract BackgroundHighly productive hotspots in the ocean often occur where complex physical forcing mechanisms lead to…
Co-authored by Sarah Kornfeld Our brains have an amazing ability to do something: hide a world of truth from us. We're able to tune out the blinking lights and honking horns, the stress of work, the underwater mortgage, and those inappropriate clothes and music our kids prefer. Meanwhile, people around…
Wallace J. Nichols writes of Izilwane, "Izilwane means animals in Zulu. Over the years I've seen first-hand how personal experiences with animals have transformed people and deepened their connection to the natural world and each other. Izilwane is also a multimedia platform conceived from an anthropologist's perspective that educates and…
Scientist. Academic. Watchman. Wallace “J.” Nichols has made a career of protecting the oceans’ interests. Here, Nautica turns a spotlight on Nichols, and his superhero efforts, in order to make a splash for ocean conservation. From one million miles away, our planet looks exactly like a small blue marble. And…
