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An adventure citizen science initiative focused on extraordinary experiences around the world for people to learn and care more about our natural world.

For this Expedition Friday, sharing a photo from Science in the Wild's expedition to Nepal in 2016, to document melting glaciers and growing/deepening glacial lakes. This photo was taken at nearly 16,000 feet (4900… instagram.com/p/B_F77QqDEbq/…


Thank you to The Space Foundation for featuring me in their podcast! Here is the link (also in my Instagram bio):… instagram.com/p/B_Fsf1Ajccl/…


Using a spring snowstorm in Colorado to get in some training with heavy packs! If pandemic conditions (and finances) work out, Ricardo and I will be attempting Gannett Peak, Wyoming's highest, this summer for the… instagram.com/p/B_EIc8UD4Zm/…


For today's Science Wednesday, we want to address the importance of the World Health Organization. The W.H.O. is a specialized agency of the United Nations, responsible for international public health. Its… instagram.com/p/B_A_R5GjniF/…


Excited to share some news - as of this morning, I am a certified polar guide! Many thanks to all those at Aurora Expeditions who mentored, trained and assessed me during the 2019 Arctic and 2020 Antarctic seasons. ❤… instagram.com/p/B--N01kDZR9/…


Sharing a photo from Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic for this Expedition Friday! This expedition was back in the spring of 2016: Ice and snow are melting across the Arctic due to a combination of factors:… instagram.com/p/B-0Nvknjhjx/…


We are excited to introduce a new and more personalized learning experience called The Science in the Wild Academy, with online lessons taught by experts in the sciences AND arts! Here at Science in the Wild, we… instagram.com/p/B-z3SE2Dzn0/…


It's Expedition Friday! Here's a photo from the Andes in 2018, during the Alpine Expeditions "Andes Survivors" trip. To get to the site of the plane crash, there are some pretty big river crossings, hence the horses… instagram.com/p/B63CjXLDNUk/…


Wishing everyone a happy New Year! For this week's Science Wednesday, we take a look at some of the biggest scientific discoveries and accomplishments over the past decade. A few are listed below. For the rest… instagram.com/p/B6yzy4mDGvP/…


Did you know that there are thousands of tardigrades stranded on our Moon? First off, what is a tardigrade? Also known as “water bears,” they are near-microscopic (0.15 to 1.2 millimeters long) animals with 8 legs… instagram.com/p/B5GrWWGjA96/…


Megaladon! This extinct species of shark lived during the Early Miocene to the Pliocene (23 to 3.6 million years ago). That's one BIG shark! #nationalaquarium #maryland #sharks #megalodon #science @ National Aquarium instagram.com/p/B5BtSt5j8Qi/…


Pennsylvania's highpoint: Mount Davis (3,213 ft.) This is state HP #25 for me for the Summits, Songs and Science project with ricardo_pena_araujo. I'm now halfway! This hike was done with friends from college and… instagram.com/p/B4xXrFEDI-Y/…


It’s Science Wednesday! Given a lot of recent avian activity by Canadian geese here in Colorado as the temperatures drop and the snow arrives, today’s topic is on bird migration. The timing of bird migrations is… instagram.com/p/B4ixvX7jnhu/…


It's Science Wednesday! Earlier today, ricardo_pena_araujo and I did a 10k (6.22 mile) trail run in the Flatirons region of Boulder, Colorado. Total elevation gain was nearly 1,800 ft. (550 meters) up to a geologic… instagram.com/p/B3-gjzrjIXQ/…


It's Science Wednesday! We're down in Montevideo, Uruguay at the moment and our visit overlapped with a solar eclipse. In Montevideo, it was a partial eclipse (95%) and the maximum coverage occurred right around… instagram.com/p/BzdGBwWDMDe/…


It’s Science Wednesday! Earlier this week, I went on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Sharing with you today something out-of-this-world! Back in 1992, a house was being constructed… instagram.com/p/BzLjYbxjVca/…


It's Science Wednesday! Today we're hosting Dr. Carl Schmitt, a scientist from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, CO, who specializes in cloud physics. "Size does matter, and so does… instagram.com/p/By5wsfiDrP1/…


It's Science Wednesday! Our topic today is on survival. On Friday, October 13, 1972 Uruguayan Air Force flight 571 took off from Mendoza, Argentina to Santiago, Chile for a planned rugby match. The plane never made… instagram.com/p/BynmxiAjufJ/…


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