Jessica Schnell, PhD

Meet The 19th Century Bird That Landed In Europe With An African Spear In Its Neck — Solving The ‘Mystery Of Migration’ Migratory birds embody some of the most intricate evolutionary adaptations in the animal kingdom, without which their journeys would be impossible. Here’s how the Pfeilstorch taught us this.

Meet The 19th Century Bird That Landed In Europe With An African Spear In Its Neck — Solving The ‘Mystery Of Migration’ share.google/8zp7cVZMMLGp...

#petition A call to the governments of the world: Protect our climate – save the Amazon rainforest! The Amazon rainforest sustains people, biodiversity, and our climate, yet it is under constant threat. At COP30 in Brazil this November, governments must act. Protecting rainforests means protecting o...

Please SIGN: The Amazon is near a tipping point – our climate and future hang in the balance. At COP30, leaders must act. Support rainforest protection – add your voice! #Amazon #ClimateAction ✍️
rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...

Hearing from Dr. Terryanne @ barnardcollege

BRF staff Dr. Jessica Schnell leading teachers through the hemlock grove of Upper Reservoir

BRF staff Aaron Culotta educating teachers on watershed ecology

Almost complete group photo of hiking teachers at Upper Reservoir

We’re so thrilled to share this beautiful day with 28 educators on our 2025 Educator Open House. We talked updates, heard from veteran teachers on their many stories of the benefits of outdoor learning, and experienced the benefits of nature firsthand on our guided exploration of the Forest.

They cancelled my return flight, but it was worth the great experience with so many dedicated people in science, conservation, and education!

Opinion | The Era of the American Lawn Is Over

Go wild www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...

#petition Hands off the EU’s environmental laws! The European Commission plans to weaken laws designed to protect the environment – both at home and worldwide. Details will be announced in the fall through an “Omnibus package.” The Commission is cur...

Please SIGN: 500 million birds lost since 1980. EU habitats collapsing. And the Commission’s response? Roll back protections. Say NO! ✍️
rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...

Donate to All Together Now Summer Drive to Alleviate Starvation, organized by Sireen Beseiso Hello to our kind and generous community members. We are Sireen B… Sireen Beseiso needs your support for All Together Now Summer Drive to Alleviate Starvation

gofund.me/166529b48 Help if you can, I was a grad student with Dalia in NJ.

#petition DRC: Europe’s green transition must not cost Congo’s blood and forests! The violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not only a humanitarian catastrophe but also an environmental disaster. The exploitation of mineral resources and forests driven by neighboring Rwan...

Please SIGN: Violence in eastern #DRCongo is a disaster for the forest and human rights. Neighboring #Rwanda is driving #BloodMineral mining and reaping the profits. Tell the #EU to end its partnership with Rwanda on critical raw materials #petition
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So appreciative of all the teachers who made time to learn from the Forest 🌳🌳

A Surprising (and Easy) Way to Boost Your Attention Span

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/w...

When I Go, I’m Going Green

When I Go, I’m Going Green www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/h...

They Kindled Froggy Romance and Rescued Eggs to Save a Species in Mississippi

They Kindled Froggy Romance and Rescued Eggs to Save a Species in Mississippi www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/c... “Dusky gopher frogs often breed on Valentine’s Day!”

These Bats Like to Give Hugs and Play With Bugs

These Bats Like to Give Hugs and Play With Bugs www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/s... "They bring each other food, play with bugs and greet their roost-mates with batwing “hugs.”" 😍

How the Pygmy Sea Horse Lost Its Snout

How the Pygmy Sea Horse Lost Its Snout www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/s...

Looking for seaglass: A guide to finding your beach's hidden treasure Seaglass can take decades or centuries to be formed by the motion of the waves. Morning Edition's Chad Campbell and his daughter have tips on how beachgoers can search for these small treasures.

Seaglass can take decades or centuries to be formed by the motion of the waves. Morning Edition's Chad Campbell and his daughter have tips on how beachgoers can search for these small treasures.

Turn your class rosters into relationship roadmaps! Quickly get to know who needs more connection with this simple strategy created by teacher @cathleenbeachbd.bsky.social 🗺️

Start by looking at your rosters, and ask yourself: How well do you know your students?

#EdutopiaVideos #BackToSchool

#petition Defend Madagascar’s biodiversity – stop the mining rush NOW! Madagascar has raw materials sought by the European Union – including rare earths, graphite, and other elements. The EU considers these critical for the energy transition, digital innovation, and defe...

SIGN: Stop the destruction of Madagascar’s unique ecosystems for rare earths. Mining fuels rights abuses & environmental harm. The energy transition must not cost lives or biodiversity. #Madagascar #RareEarths #HumanRights
rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...

Informational graphic for the CUNY Immigration Assistance Project. It includes the CUNY and Citizenship Now! logos at the top. The flyer announces a rapid response legal resource for CUNY students and employees, offering attorney assistance with international or domestic travel issues, loss or change of immigration status, detention by law enforcement, and F-1 visa reinstatement. A "Learn More" call to action appears at the bottom with a link to cuny.edu/CIAP.

CUNY's new rapid response legal resource is now available for current students and employees who have been impacted by immigration policy changes, are facing issues traveling in and out of the country or have been detained by law enforcement. For more information, visit cuny.edu/CIAP.

Counting steps for health? Here's how many you really need Counting steps is easy using a phone, a wearable or a fitness tracker. And scientists have lots of data to figure out how many daily steps you need to improve your health. Here's what they've found.

Counting steps is easy using a phone, a wearable or a fitness tracker. And scientists have lots of data to figure out how many daily steps you need to improve your health. Here's what they've found.

Meet the Beautiful Dragonfly That Thrives in Your Pollution

So great to see our work on blue dasher dragonflies highlighted in the New York Times. Excellent piece by @cjgiaimo.bsky.social!

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/s...

Your First Days as a New Elementary Teacher Establishing routines, getting to know your students, and being open to learning can lead to a successful beginning.

3 main ideas for new teachers to keep in mind as the school year starts:

Create routines for your classroom ahead of time. 🔁
Get to truly know your students. 🙋
Be prepared to learn alongside them. 🌟

Here’s how.

#NewTeachers #BackToSchool #EduSky

13 podcast episodes to make back-to-school season easier on kids and parents The new school year can be exciting, but also stressful. Kids may be feeling anxious. Parents may be juggling new responsibilities. Experts share tips on how to manage this season of change.

The new school year can be exciting, but also stressful. Kids may be feeling anxious. Parents may be juggling new responsibilities. Experts share tips on how to manage this season of change.

Wild Pigs Turn 'Neon Blue' in California, Triggering Warnings Game hunters have found startlingly 'neon blue' flesh inside of wild pigs in California, triggering advisory statements on potential contamination.

"Pesticides are harmful to exposed humans as well. They have been linked to declining sperm rates, diabetes, cancers, and other health conditions." share.google/s9vXLDFRiBXF...

‘Distracting the public’: group of health professionals call for RFK Jr to be removed Ahead of the second Maha report, grassroots Defend Public Health warns that everything HHS is doing is ‘horrifying’

“This administration does not want to address things like poverty and education and access to healthcare. Instead, they’re distracting the public with information on solutions to problems that don’t actually exist." @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social in my latest:
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3 Ways New Teachers Can Pace Themselves Instead of overexerting yourself at the start of the year, try this advice from a veteran on how to meet expectations and enjoy the work.

Hey, new teachers! 👋 Instead of overexerting yourself at the start of the year, try this advice from veteran teacher @crystalfrommert.bsky.social on how to meet expectations *and* enjoy the work.

#NewTeachers #EduSky

Comment 2: DEC: Deny the Water Quality Certificate because it threatens marine life Send Comment #2 to the NYS DEC to reject Williams Transco's application for a Water Quality Permit, based on threats to marine life. Writing Tips provided at the link Background: The NYS Department...

Petition for NY actionnetwork.org/letters/comm...

Buoyant, the size of a lentil and almost impossible to recover: how nurdles are polluting the oceans Millions of the tiny plastic pellets are being washed up on the coast of Kerala in India in the latest in a series of global spills, as plastic treaty talks continue in Geneva

Buoyant, the size of a lentil and almost impossible to recover: how nurdles are polluting the oceans | Plastics | The Guardian share.google/b9sMGrImJ0SH...

Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds Prof Miles Richardson says people risk ‘extinction of experience’ in the natural world without new policies

"using data on urbanisation, the loss of wildlife in neighbourhoods and, crucially, parents no longer passing on engagement with nature to their children." share.google/okNqDXZtIvId...

Colorado Is Building the 'World's Largest' Wildlife Overpass, Giving Elk and Other Big Creatures a Safe Path to Cross a Busy Freeway The completed overpass will be 200 feet wide by 209 feet long, forming a bridge across six lanes of traffic that see more than 100,000 vehicles each day

World's largest wildlife corridor "the corridor saw an average of one wildlife-vehicle crash per day during the spring and fall migration periods." www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c...

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