Conservation is all about trying to protect and save plants, animals, and other organisms from going extinct. We do this work because we love nature, and it’s tough to read stories about people or organizations poaching wildlife, destroying primary rainforests, or plastics encompassing our oceans…
Category: Career Advice
I love providing career advice for other wildlife biologists, scientists, and science communicators. I’ve been a scientist, specifically a wildlife biologist for 17 years now. Since 2003, I’ve been researching wildlife through internships, volunteer experiences, in graduate school getting my Ph.D., as a postdoc, and as a research associate. Things have changed a lot since 2003 and I have acquired a lot of career advice especially for wildlife biologists on how to navigate this crazy career. This section will contain all sorts of advice from how to get and research jobs to writing papers to even building up your own confidence as a scientist. I’ve been through it all and am here to help you navigate the professional world of science.
Keeping it Real in Science for Non-Majors Classes
For the longest time, I complained about teaching one class, non-majors undergraduate biology…
#15. Career and YouTube Advice with Wildlife Biologist Kristina Lynn
In today’s episode, I interview wildlife biologist and YouTuber Kristina Lynn on what it’s like to be a wildlife biologist and her success going viral on YouTube…
#14. 7 Steps to Find Your Wildlife Career Path
This is a bonus episode! I recorded a webinar on Monday night to talk about my new Confusion to Clarity group…
Learn How to Get a Career in Wildlife Biology and Related Fields
I started creating a workbook about careers in wildlife biology to accompany my book because so many people contact me unsure of where they want to go in their career…
Get You the Wildlife Biology Career You Want!
If you are thinking of becoming a wildlife biologist, you already know that you need to get a solid education and some great experience. Unfortunately, most aspiring wildlife biologists make the mistake of ONLY focusing on their degree requirements (or thinking wildlife biology is a linear path)…
#10. My Big Mistake in My Wildlife Biology Career and How You Can Learn From it
I have been applying for jobs in wildlife biology on and off since I graduated with my Ph.D. in 2012…
7 Beginner’s Tips for a Wildlife Biology Career
Wildlife biology has changed immensely in the past few decades…
3 Ways to Find Free Scientific Publications
Thinking about becoming a wildlife biologist or scientist? Then I highly recommend you start reading scientific publications…
11 Tips for Dealing with Rejection in Science That Aren’t Crying Into a Pint of Ice Cream
Rejection. It’s something all of us have to deal with in our life no matter who we are or what career we are in. Some careers are worse than others. As a wildlife biologist, I am in one of those careers…
