<div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.biographic.com/plight-of-the-bumblebees">Here</a> and below is a lovely feature of Shelia Colla and her work in the California Academy of Sciences newsletter.<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Kelly<br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> bioGraphic <<a href="mailto:info@biographic.com" target="_blank">info@biographic.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> August 22, 2025 at 8:01:52 AM PDT<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Plight of the Bumblebees | bioGraphic</b><br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="display:none;font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;line-height:1px;max-height:0px;max-width:0px;opacity:0;overflow:hidden">Plus: Animals of all kinds mix and mingle in underground burrows, offering troubling opportunities for diseases to jump species.</div><div style="background-color:transparent" role="main" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div style="background:#fffffe;background-color:#fffffe;margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background:#fffffe;background-color:#fffffe;width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;text-align:center"><div style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="vertical-align:top" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="font-size:0px;padding:0px 25px 0px 0px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;word-break:break-word"><div style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p style="line-height:19px;text-align:center;margin:10px 0;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><a style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none" href="https://link.calacademy.org/nl3/Ue2qbc7jC7Qs5orUL4Ud1g?m=AccAABQFFJ4AAcsMw_IAALd8zxcAAYCsOysAnD_EABMt8wBoqIYQMHWYI1ZTQW2yqzxYC-lNFgATIFI&b=760046c8&e=ca51b24a&x=AJ7MIyjZsz8lLN6B1SswLRRpKU6qF1IUhzevnvVQtZE" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e00f7b;font-family:Arial;font-size:12px"><u>View online version</u></span></a><span style="color:#e00f7b;font-family:Arial;font-size:12px"> ~ Below: Yellow-faced bumblebee (<i>Bombus vosnesenskii</i>) gathering pollen by Kevin Schafer/Alamy Stock Photo</span></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="background:#fffffe;background-color:#fffffe;margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background:#fffffe;background-color:#fffffe;width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:center"><div style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="vertical-align:top" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-size:0px;padding:0px 0px 12px 0px;word-break:break-word"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td style="width:600px"><img alt="This Week in bioGraphic" src="https://link.calacademy.org/img2/xvv62/0b788ad4-11de-40bd-9301-eafc55dc8497/content" style="border:none;display:block;outline:none;text-decoration:none;height:auto;width:100%;font-size:13px" width="600" height="auto"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="font-size:0px;padding:10px 25px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;word-break:break-word"><div style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p style="line-height:19px;margin:10px 0;margin-top:10px"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Science journalists need scientists. We need them to make time to answer our questions, to invite us to tag along in the field, to explain complex ideas in ways that help us turn their research into plain language so we can share their passion for their work and why it matters with our readers. Sometimes the content is joyful, sometimes grim. Whichever it is, we’ve often spent a lot of time interviewing maybe a dozen scientists for one long feature story. Despite not knowing exactly how they will appear in an article—they may not appear at all in the final edit—the vast majority of researchers I’ve interviewed over the past 30 years have been happy to help.</span></p><p style="line-height:19px;margin:10px 0"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">One of them, for this week’s feature, “</span><a style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none" href="https://link.calacademy.org/lnk/AccAABQFFJ4AAcsMw_IAALd8zxcAAYCsOysAnD_EABMt8wBoqIYQMHWYI1ZTQW2yqzxYC-lNFgATIFI/1/Qk7jb0s27XC1Ca7iwSonqw/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmlvZ3JhcGhpYy5jb20vcGxpZ2h0LW9mLXRoZS1idW1ibGViZWVzLz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249YmlvZ3JhcGhpY19DQVNtZW1iZXJzXzIwMjUwODIyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1NYWlsamV0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e00f7b;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><u>Plight of the Bumblebees</u></span></a><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">,” was Sheila Colla, a conservation scientist at York University in Toronto, Ontario, who spoke to me by video many months ago. We chatted for at least an hour and exchanged subsequent emails as I asked her questions about the worlds of domesticated and wild bumblebees. She was always responsive and always patient. I didn’t know until much later that, at the time, she was grappling with terminal cancer.</span></p><p style="line-height:19px;margin:10px 0"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">A fact-checker began work on the story in early July. A couple of weeks later, she told me that on July 6 Sheila had, as my aunt would say, left us. I have never before had a source leave this world while I was completing a feature.</span></p><p style="line-height:19px;margin:10px 0"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">I only knew Sheila as one of the many scientists who made time for me. And it got me thinking about all the other scientists who have done so over the years. Yes, some are mandated by their universities or research institutes to perform some kind of outreach, but many are not. Every source I spoke with for this feature was generous with their time and knowledge. But I especially want to call out Sheila, who knew she did not have much time left.</span></p><p style="line-height:19px;margin:10px 0"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Sheila accomplished a lot in her 43 years, and the natural world is better for it. Please take the time to read about her exuberant embrace of life, in all its forms, </span><a style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none" href="https://link.calacademy.org/lnk/AccAABQFFJ4AAcsMw_IAALd8zxcAAYCsOysAnD_EABMt8wBoqIYQMHWYI1ZTQW2yqzxYC-lNFgATIFI/2/E4Jj-aJDKKAL-NICYvkGEQ/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGVyaXRhZ2VmdW5lcmFsY2VudHJlLmNhL29iaXR1YXJpZXMvU2hlaWxhLVJhZmFlbGxhLUNvbGxhP29iSWQ9NDMzMDkxMDUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWJpb2dyYXBoaWNfQ0FTbWVtYmVyc18yMDI1MDgyMiZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9TWFpbGpldA" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e00f7b;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><u>here</u></span></a><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">.</span></p><p style="line-height:19px;margin:10px 0;margin-bottom:10px"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Jude Isabella</span><br><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Grateful for those who generously give their time and expertise for the public good</span></p></div></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="font-size:0px;padding:20px 25px 20px 25px;word-break:break-word"><p style="border-top:solid 1px #e00f7b;font-size:1px;margin:0px auto;width:25%"></p></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="font-size:0px;padding:0px 25px 12px 25px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:12px;word-break:break-word"><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000"><h1 style="line-height:22px;text-align:center;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-weight:normal"><span style="color:#e00f7b;font-family:Arial;font-size:25px"><b>This Week’s Stories</b></span></h1></div></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="font-size:0px;padding:0px 0px 12px 0px;word-break:break-word"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td style="width:600px"><a href="https://link.calacademy.org/lnk/AccAABQFFJ4AAcsMw_IAALd8zxcAAYCsOysAnD_EABMt8wBoqIYQMHWYI1ZTQW2yqzxYC-lNFgATIFI/3/sPis0bUVX40BigT1O53RyA/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmlvZ3JhcGhpYy5jb20vcGxpZ2h0LW9mLXRoZS1idW1ibGViZWVzLz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249YmlvZ3JhcGhpY19DQVNtZW1iZXJzXzIwMjUwODIyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1NYWlsamV0" target="_blank"><img alt="image from story" src="https://link.calacademy.org/img2/xvv62/11c352db-0f6a-4a42-bd2f-b83de0366f92/content" style="border:none;display:block;outline:none;text-decoration:none;height:auto;width:100%;font-size:13px" width="600" height="auto"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="font-size:0px;padding:0px 25px 12px 25px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:12px;word-break:break-word"><div style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000"><h1 style="margin-top:10px;font-weight:normal"><a style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orrhizal fungi help plants thrive, and sequester a lot of carbon. But a new atlas shows these climate warriors need urgent protection.</span></p><p style="line-height:19px;margin:10px 0;margin-bottom:10px"><span style="color:#55575d;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">by Matt Simon • 1,000 words / 5 mins</span></p></div></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="font-size:0px;padding:4px 25px 20px 25px;word-break:break-word"><p style="border-top:solid 1px #e00f7b;font-size:1px;margin:0px auto;width:25%"></p></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="background:#dddddd;font-size:0px;padding:17px 25px 17px 25px;padding-top:17px;padding-bottom:17px;word-break:break-word"><div style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000"><h1 style="text-align:center;margin-top:10px;font-weight:normal"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#e00f7b;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:25px"><b>What We’re Reading</b></span></h1><p style="line-height:19px;margin:10px 0"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Rewilding, attempting to restore disturbed landscapes by reintroducing native plants and animals, has gained proponents around the world. In Argentina, one foundation has released </span><a style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none" href="https://link.calacademy.org/lnk/AccAABQFFJ4AAcsMw_IAALd8zxcAAYCsOysAnD_EABMt8wBoqIYQMHWYI1ZTQW2yqzxYC-lNFgATIFI/9/twYSE9bKC7AVsAUano3i1Q/aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdsaW5lc21hZy5jb20vcmVwb3J0YWdlL3Jld2lsZGluZy1pbi1hcmdlbnRpbmEtcmFpc2VzLXRob3JueS1xdWVzdGlvbnMvP3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1iaW9ncmFwaGljX0NBU21lbWJlcnNfMjAyNTA4MjImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPU1haWxqZXQ" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e00f7b;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><u>40 jaguars and 40 red-footed tortoises</u></span></a><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px"> into the Gran Chaco forest, in hopes of revitalizing the ecosystem, though practical and ethical questions remain. (<i>New Lines Magazine</i>)</span></p><p style="line-height:19px;margin:10px 0"><a style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none" href="https://link.calacademy.org/lnk/AccAABQFFJ4AAcsMw_IAALd8zxcAAYCsOysAnD_EABMt8wBoqIYQMHWYI1ZTQW2yqzxYC-lNFgATIFI/10/0bUt4FU9TPlmBPGRRJ57Lg/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlZ3VhcmRpYW4uY29tL2Vudmlyb25tZW50LzIwMjUvYXVnLzA4L2FzaWFuLWhvcm5ldHMtdW5pcXVlLWJ1enotbWF5LWhvbGQtc2VjcmV0LXRvLWNvbnRhaW5pbmctaW52YXNpdmUtc3BlY2llcz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249YmlvZ3JhcGhpY19DQVNtZW1iZXJzXzIwMjUwODIyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1NYWlsamV0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e00f7b;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><u>Asian hornets buzz at 125 hertz</u></span></a><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">, a distinct frequency that might allow researchers to track and destroy their nests in the United Kingdom, where the invasive insect is terrorizing honeybee populations. (<i>The Guardian</i>)</span></p><p style="line-height:19px;margin:10px 0"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Roughly six weeks out from the start of </span><a style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none" href="https://link.calacademy.org/lnk/AccAABQFFJ4AAcsMw_IAALd8zxcAAYCsOysAnD_EABMt8wBoqIYQMHWYI1ZTQW2yqzxYC-lNFgATIFI/11/iqZOoRtlVAZZHQbdpMdm0A/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnBzLmdvdi9rYXRtL2xlYXJuL2ZhdC1iZWFyLXdlZWstMjAyNC5odG0_dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWJpb2dyYXBoaWNfQ0FTbWVtYmVyc18yMDI1MDgyMiZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9TWFpbGpldA" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e00f7b;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><u>Fat Bear Week</u></span></a><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">—the virtual tournament that sees salmon-slaying brown bears from Alaska's Katmai National Park vie for the title of chonkiest bruin—the fishing is already looking very good at the venue, Brooks Falls. In </span><a style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none" href="https://link.calacademy.org/lnk/AccAABQFFJ4AAcsMw_IAALd8zxcAAYCsOysAnD_EABMt8wBoqIYQMHWYI1ZTQW2yqzxYC-lNFgATIFI/12/tfFncbjbdZjNTjyHPLhiMQ/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9yZWVsL0ROUTNqMFd4V1NZLz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249YmlvZ3JhcGhpY19DQVNtZW1iZXJzXzIwMjUwODIyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1NYWlsamV0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e00f7b;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><u>an Instagram post</u></span></a><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px"> that depicts the river thick with sockeye salmon, the National Parks Service predicts that this may be the bears' fattest year yet. (National Parks Service)</span></p><p style="line-height:19px;margin:10px 0"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Speaking of fish and superlatives, let's take a moment to celebrate Mary Catherine, posthumously awarded the title of </span><a style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none" href="https://link.calacademy.org/lnk/AccAABQFFJ4AAcsMw_IAALd8zxcAAYCsOysAnD_EABMt8wBoqIYQMHWYI1ZTQW2yqzxYC-lNFgATIFI/13/9tLzsOa67Kyua9rp0DZR8A/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucG9wc2NpLmNvbS9lbnZpcm9ubWVudC9vbGRlc3Qta25vd24tdHJvdXQtZ3JlYXQtbGFrZXMvP3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1iaW9ncmFwaGljX0NBU21lbWJlcnNfMjAyNTA4MjImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPU1haWxqZXQ" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e00f7b;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><u>oldest-known lake trout from the Great Lakes</u></span></a><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">. In 2023, the fish was caught in Lake Superior by a team from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, who determined her age from bones in her ears. (<i>Popular Science</i>)</span></p><p style="line-height:19px;margin:10px 0;margin-bottom:10px"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Researchers in Sydney, Australia, are turning up the heat on chytrid fungus, a deadly infection that threatens frogs worldwide. The treatment? </span><a style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none" href="https://link.calacademy.org/lnk/AccAABQFFJ4AAcsMw_IAALd8zxcAAYCsOysAnD_EABMt8wBoqIYQMHWYI1ZTQW2yqzxYC-lNFgATIFI/14/lRFCOqg6TbVmFsLc5U8NVA/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmF0dXJlLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlcy9kNDE1ODYtMDI1LTAyNjIwLTk_dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWJpb2dyYXBoaWNfQ0FTbWVtYmVyc18yMDI1MDgyMiZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9TWFpbGpldA" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e00f7b;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><u>Placing frogs in a small sauna</u></span></a><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">, built from warmed masonry bricks, for a few hours over several days. Yes, it's as cute as you think. (<i>Nature</i>)</span></p></div></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="font-size:0px;padding:23px 25px 20px 25px;word-break:break-word"><p style="border-top:solid 1px #e00f7b;font-size:1px;margin:0px auto;width:25%"></p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="font-size:0px;padding:0px 0px 12px 0px;word-break:break-word"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td style="width:600px"><a href="https://link.calacademy.org/lnk/AccAABQFFJ4AAcsMw_IAALd8zxcAAYCsOysAnD_EABMt8wBoqIYQMHWYI1ZTQW2yqzxYC-lNFgATIFI/15/m0H5U4GVoZc2VIMiz_bB2Q/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmlvZ3JhcGhpYy5jb20vdGhlLWZsZWV0LXdpbmdlZC1naG9zdHMtb2YtZ3JlZW5sYW5kLz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249YmlvZ3JhcGhpY19DQVNtZW1iZXJzXzIwMjUwODIyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1NYWlsamV0" target="_blank"><img alt="RHYME TIME" src="https://link.calacademy.org/img2/xvv62/521a9918-3e00-4d68-ac86-c1befd776b5e/content" style="border:none;display:block;outline:none;text-decoration:none;height:auto;width:100%;font-size:13px" width="600" height="auto"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="font-size:0px;padding:10px 25px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;word-break:break-word"><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p style="line-height:19px;margin:10px 0;margin-top:10px"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">Rhyme Time is a weekly puzzle exclusively for our newsletter readers. Each week, we provide a cryptic clue and you guess the answer, which will be two rhyming words with the same number of syllables. For example, the clue “The hour of the day for writing couplets” has the answer “rhyme time.”</span></p><p style="line-height:19px;margin:10px 0"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">Last week’s clue was “The child of a tentacled mollusk,” and the answer is “squid kid.” Congrats to Brent M.G., Ed G., Shaun P., Mary B. Kathryn F., Christina C., Aja Y., Jordan K., Ashley M., and Glen H. for being the first to guess correctly. </span></p><p style="line-height:19px;margin:10px 0;margin-bottom:10px"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">This week’s clue is “<b>A funny story about acorn-bearing trees.</b>” Send your guess, just for fun, by replying to this email. The answer will be revealed in our next newsletter.</span></p></div></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="font-size:0px;padding:20px 25px 24px 25px;word-break:break-word"><p style="border-top:solid 1px #e00f7b;font-size:1px;margin:0px auto;width:25%"></p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="font-size:0px;padding:0px 0px 12px 0px;word-break:break-word"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td style="width:600px"><img alt="Our Shared Planet title over a short video of a very small, puffy vole eating a small plant" src="https://link.calacademy.org/img2/xvv62/0ee0f119-b4d3-4f51-bfb7-e27d5a1da4e2/content" style="border:none;display:block;outline:none;text-decoration:none;height:auto;width:100%;font-size:13px" width="600" height="auto"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="font-size:0px;padding:10px 25px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;word-break:break-word"><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p style="line-height:19px;margin:10px 0;margin-top:10px"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">On an after-dinner walk in the woods one evening, my partner and I were surprised to be joined by a tiny, furry companion. As we proceeded down the trail, a little vole began to walk along beside us. It showed no concern about our presence and when it stopped to munch on some greenery, we would stop and watch it. It was so unafraid of us that I was able to get my phone close enough to capture some video of it snacking away. The little fuzzball strolled with us for a good five or ten minutes before going on its own way into the underbrush.</span></p><p style="line-height:19px;margin:10px 0"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">—Mark Garrison</span></p><p style="line-height:19px;margin:10px 0"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><i>See </i></span><a style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none" href="https://link.calacademy.org/lnk/AccAABQFFJ4AAcsMw_IAALd8zxcAAYCsOysAnD_EABMt8wBoqIYQMHWYI1ZTQW2yqzxYC-lNFgATIFI/16/tLOarGMxnwN69SbR1WyiJg/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub3BlbnN0cmVldG1hcC5vcmcvP21sYXQ9NDguNDk2OCZtbG9uPS0xMjMuNDAzNCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249YmlvZ3JhcGhpY19DQVNtZW1iZXJzXzIwMjUwODIyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1NYWlsamV0I21hcD0xMi80OC40OTY4Ly0xMjMuNDAzNA#map=12/48.4968/-123.4034" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e00f7b;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><i><u>where the photo was taken</u></i></span></a><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><i> on OpenStreetMaps.</i></span></p><p style="line-height:19px;margin:10px 0;margin-bottom:10px"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><i>Submit your landscape, seascape, or nature photo for inclusion in the newsletter by replying to this email.</i></span></p></div></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="font-size:0px;padding:20px 25px 24px 25px;word-break:break-word"><p style="border-top:solid 1px #e00f7b;font-size:1px;margin:0px auto;width:25%"></p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="font-size:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;word-break:break-word"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td style="width:600px"><a href="https://link.calacademy.org/lnk/AccAABQFFJ4AAcsMw_IAALd8zxcAAYCsOysAnD_EABMt8wBoqIYQMHWYI1ZTQW2yqzxYC-lNFgATIFI/17/zQxazqhj8hIkCK22tU2ukQ/aHR0cHM6Ly9naXZlLmNhbGFjYWRlbXkub3JnL2NhbXBhaWduLzY4OTcyMC9kb25hdGU_Y19zcmM9ZW0tdjEtZXYyNSZjX3NyYzI9ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWJpb2dyYXBoaWNfQ0FTbWVtYmVyc18yMDI1MDgyMiZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9TWFpbGpldA" target="_blank"><img alt="Sharing our stories helps us reach new readers. Please forward this email to someone who loves biodiversity." src="https://link.calacademy.org/img2/xvv62/30adfdb0-617f-4a9b-8fee-201ec6d2e4d3/content" style="border:none;display:block;outline:none;text-decoration:none;height:auto;width:100%;font-size:13px" width="600" height="auto"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="font-size:0px;padding:20px 25px 24px 25px;word-break:break-word"><p style="border-top:solid 1px #e00f7b;font-size:1px;margin:0px auto;width:25%"></p></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="background:#e00f7b;font-size:0px;padding:17px 25px 17px 25px;padding-top:17px;padding-bottom:17px;word-break:break-word"><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p style="line-height:19px;text-align:center;margin:10px 0;margin-top:10px"><span style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">Reply to this email to send us questions, comments, or tips.</span></p><p style="line-height:19px;text-align:center;margin:10px 0"><span style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">If this newsletter was forwarded to you, you can </span><a style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none" href="https://link.calacademy.org/lnk/AccAABQFFJ4AAcsMw_IAALd8zxcAAYCsOysAnD_EABMt8wBoqIYQMHWYI1ZTQW2yqzxYC-lNFgATIFI/18/tiAi6j317cbZ9yN6-4actQ/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmlvZ3JhcGhpYy5jb20vbmV3c2xldHRlci1zaWdudXAvP3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1iaW9ncmFwaGljX0NBU21lbWJlcnNfMjAyNTA4MjImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPU1haWxqZXQ" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><u>subscribe here</u></span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">.</span></p><p style="line-height:19px;text-align:center;margin:10px 0;margin-bottom:10px"><span style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><i>bioGraphic</i> is part of the California Academy of Sciences, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 94-1156258). Thank you for supporting our mission to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