Recovering academic, conservation biologist, and Canadian PR with roots in the States. Working to protect nature for the future.

Reader of books. Nature nerd. Crafter. Gardener. Human caretaker of many animals.

Invertebrate Zoologist, Scuba Diver, Adventurer. I teach Invertebrate Zoology at the U. of Tampa and research photosymbiosis, natural history, and ecology of sea slugs in the Secret Slug Lab. I'm interested in things. https://go.ted.com/michaelmiddlebrooks

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