Beasts in a Populous City

Zoo Stories from a Marine Biologist in DC

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Monday, June 1, 2015

About the Journey

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“It’s all about the journey,” people say, and I find that deeply irritating. But this February I took a day trip from San Jose to Monterey...
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Friday, May 29, 2015

On Horseshoe Crab Mating: a haiku

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One suitor clasping: "Love is to cling!" One sidles: "In subtlety, love." For more on the mating behavior of hor...
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Friday, February 27, 2015

Friday Fuschia

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No flamingos today but some other pink animals to brighten the start of your weekend. {A note: I do write all text and take all pictures...
Saturday, February 14, 2015

Love is in the air (or on the leaf)

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I was photographing oxeye daisies in bloom (because I'm visiting California, where the plants laugh at winter!) when I came across thi...
Friday, January 30, 2015

Robins Take Over the Universe!!

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Or at least our little portion of it. I was walking to work this morning when I heard a near-deafening cacophony of cheeping and chirpin...
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Olivia V. Ambrogio
Washington, DC
Just to be clear: I don't work at the National Zoo--I just live near it. I'm originally from Detroit, most recently from Boston (where I got my Ph.D. in biology from Tufts University), and am now living in Washington, DC.
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