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Cheng H., Dove N. C., Mena J. M., Perez T., Ul-Hasan S. In press. The Biota Project: A Case Study of a Multimedia, Grassroots Approach to Scientific Communication for Engaging Diverse Audiences. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 
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July 2017: Summer Symbioses: From the Mountains to the Sea

June 2017: Celebrate the Environment and the Oceans!

May 2017: Fueled by Fire

April 2017: Painting the Town "Green"

March 2017: As Spring springs forward, ants come a-"March"-ing

February 2017: Happy Birthday Darwin!

January 2017: As cold as ice

December 2016: 'Tis the Season

November 2016: It's Friday, Friday, Friday Oooh!

October 2016: Inaugural Newsletter

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Nature Sketch, 3 of 3. Our last feature of the week from the sketchbook of @animedia_science! ⠀ ⠀ Different artists and scientists have different styles, and all are of equal importance! How boring would it be if we all did things the same? There are multiple approaches to reaching the same result. We enjoyed the notes taken and shared in each of these pieces, as a reflection of the Santa Rosa Ecological Reserve. How about you? What do you feel you learned from these sketches this week that you'll take with you on your next nature adventure?⠀ ⠀ #plant #flower #green #grow #nature #naturalist #sketch #art #draw #artwork #sketchbook #inaturalist #pot #colors #tbt #purple #purplerain #prince #pruncesspeach #n64 #mariokart #nintendo #levelup #SantaRosaEcologicalReserve
Nature Sketch, 2 of 3 Who's that bird? ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ Another piece from the @animedia_science sketchbook. Why sketch?⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ "One of my favorite activities is to sketch in wild places. Most of the sketches are of plants because I’m a botanist AND plants tend to sit still! The occasional animal slips in though. I find that sketching brings a new level of awareness of my surroundings and the beauty of small details. Notice too that a sketchbook doesn’t need to be tidy or perfect!" ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ How about you, what are your favorite sketches of the things around you?⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #pokemon #putabirdonit #draw #drawing #wednesday #workday #weekday #wings #samtarosaecologicalreserve #portlandia #lark #horn #hornedlark #flat #grassland #california #nature #naturalist #inaturalist #sketch #art #bird #small #artwork #sketchbook⠀
Nature Sketch, 1 of 3 The other week we asked you all about vernal pools, and shared some of the interesting features these unique ecosystems possess. @animedia_science commented they had drawn some sketches some time back from the Santa Rosa Plateau Preserve in Riverside County California. We asked if they could share these sketches with us as part of our interest to spotlight the beauty of local nature, here is the first of three! ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Each sketch and accompanying notes is from a day at the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Preserve in Southern California. The Preserve is a gem of natural area located in Riverside county. It has beautiful oak woodlands, a lovely stream, and vernal pools with rare, endemic species. If your there early in the morning or at dusk, you’re likely to hear the hoots, howls, and yips if coyotes. The Preserve is a magical place with not a ton of visitors so solace and the wild can be found not far from the suburbs." ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ How about you? Do you have notes and drawings of the ecosystems near you? ⠀⠀ Send us a message, we'd love to share them! #sciart #botany #ecology #nature #naturesketch #botanist #naturalist #reserve #california #art #science #draw #pencil #paper #sketchbook #artwork #tuesday #tbt #artist #biology #flower #sepal #stem #leaf #bud #branch #style #santarosaecologicalreserve
Where science and art collide. @thebiotaproject is a science education and outreach non-profit organization that aims to connect communities with the ecosystems in their own backyards through empowered stewardship and engaged sciart. Many times nature documentaries feature exotic locations. While it's very important people learn about places different from where they live, these forms of science education can also be unintentionally exclusionary and tokenizing. We as a team wanted to create a space where anyone living in any place could feel good about their own local ecosystem by showcasing its many hidden treasures through their voices. We've had the pleasure of working with many artists of all backgrounds to spotlight some of California's most underrated ecosystems and communities with the world. Partnering with artists has taught us a lot about sharing information in powerful ways. Likewise, both we and the artists we work with have enjoyed learning about the ecosystems and communities we seek to feature. This art piece of a Central Valley tiger salamander larvae symbiotically interacting with invisible, mutual microbes in its egg was created by @sally_yoo, who is based in Salt Lake City and just released a new album 🎧 ! If you are an artist interested in collaborating with us, or know someone who is, send us a message! We're always happy to feature artists any and all the time. thebiotaproject.org@gmail.com #music #art #sciart #symbiosis #collaborate #science #represent #microbe #newt #salamander #egg #outreach #nonprofit #utah #california #nature #scicomm #education #k12 #mutual #sciencefriday #fridayfeeling #centralvalley #ecosystem #create #diversity #stem #pocstem #wocstem #post