Southern Fried Science

I’m offering a free online crash course in scientific writing and publishing. Here’s how to join!

“Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky:” Our new survey shows that scientists no longer find Twitter professionally useful or pleasant

I’m presenting at the 2025 Ecological Society of America Conference! Come say hello.

Chatting about deep-sea mining with the Marine Conservation Happy Hour and Outside/In

Nodules, Lost Mines, and Dark Oxygen: A new documentary on deep-sea mining asks important questions about the future of the industry.

Why would a serious scientist agree to participate in a nonsense Shark Week show?

Considering writing a popular science book? Here’s my advice

What Ocean Ramsey does is not shark science or conservation: some brief thoughts on “the Shark Whisperer” documentary

Right to Democracy and the America the Beautiful for All Coalition Stand with American Samoa in Opposing Unilateral Proposals for Deep Seabed Mining

The Urgency is Artificial. My comment on the proposed permitting of deep-sea mining leases off American Samoa