Crown-of-Thorns Starfish
This poem is an excerpt from my book, "Wild Writers: The Animal World's Greatest Poets".
Cry of the Biosphere
This poem confronts the problems of anthropogenic climate change and other destructive environmental practices that threaten the world's stability. I hope you enjoy it!
Geographic information systems-based analysis of manatee mortality in Everglades National Park
Abstract The present study focuses on the patterns of anthropogenic deaths of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris), Florida’s official state marine mammal, within the boundaries of Everglades National Park. […]
Inside the Bite: The Komodo Dragon
Inside the Bite: The Komodo Dragon Varanus komodoensis is the world’s largest living lizard. Known as the Komodo dragon because of its enormous size, a fully grown Varanus komodoensis can […]
Asian Carp: The Mississippi River Invaders
Invasive species abound in North America. Some, like the zebra mussel, arrived in the United States unintentionally. Others, like kudzu, the Burmese python, and the common pigeon, were purposefully introduced […]
Andrew Blitman -- Author & Artist 