At photography game farms, captive exotic animals are kept to model for photo shoots. Keepers train the animals to leap over logs, stand perfectly still, and howl on cue.

One of the nation’s top photography ranches: Triple D Wildlife in Montana.

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The Ugly Truth About the Wild Animals of Instagram

Many of the thrilling photographs of bears, wolves, and tigers on your social media feeds are taken at game farms — places critics say are the exotic-animal equivalent of puppy mills.

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Insightful piece which highlights that in East Africa too, social media have become the platform of choice for wildlife traffickers africa.com/tracking-socia…

“International health stakeholders must be deliberate to help address monkeypox and other diseases in Africa. Because if we don’t do this, it will come back to haunt us.”

Rip currents are one of the deadliest hazards along the coast, and keeping people out of them is much harder than you’d think. Instead of relying on warning signs, researchers are looking into what leads to rip-risky behavior at the beach. My latest for Hakai Magazine

In NYC on Sun, June 5? Join us & Runstreet for the Audubon Murals Art Run & Walk, a fundraiser supporting the #AudubonMuralProject . See stunning murals of birds throughout Harlem & learn about the artists shining a spotlight on climate change. Register: bit.ly/3MVjstP

Reporting this story, I learned that coyotes aren't the only animals killed in these competitions. Bobcats, foxes, wolves, skunks, squirrels, rabbits, crows, stingrays are all fair game. Recently, some hunters started using Facebook for their deadly games. nationalgeographic.com/animals/articl…

I recently went behind the scenes covering a Catskills hunting contest where contestants kill coyotes for money and prizes. The logic for these contests--controlling the coyote population--defies science, according to wildlife experts. National Geographic nationalgeographic.com/animals/articl…?

Thanks to those who emailed, tweeted, shared, and even told me in the grocery store that you appreciated this story. I’m so grateful! Additional thanks to editor #LeslieEaton at #TheMarshallProject and experts who explain why this is bad news for Justice. themarshallproject.org/2022/03/17/wit…

Here’s a crazy story I’ve been working on for a really long time. In May 2021, I spent a week at the “Harvard of Hellish Violence” for police training. The curriculum included “witching.” themarshallproject.org/2022/03/17/wit…

From the trafficking of cacti in Chile to songbirds in Brazil, from chameleons in Madagascar to falcons in Pakistan, there are many angles to investigating wildlife trafficking. Read GIJN's resource as a guide. buff.ly/3xLGSKq Julian Rademeyer Rene Ebersole John E. Scanlon AO

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As Rene Ebersole reported National Geographic earlier this year, he could have faced as much as $1.3 million in fines and up to life in prison for 33 charges related to trafficking protected African cats for the exotic pet trade.

He got 18 months. (2/2)

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My newly published story about a spike in raptor killings on the U.K.‘s grouse shooting estates during lockdown. Bonus: a Royal scandal and a reference to Downtown Abbey. Photos by amazing ⁦Anastasia Taylor-Lind⁩ Taylor Lind. nationalgeographic.com/animals/articl…

I’m talking about salmon on the Apple News Today podcast. Segment begins at 3:50. #nationalgeographic , #wildlifewatch . podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/law…

Don't get salmon scammed. My latest for National Geographic
#WildlifeWatch investigations.
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Today is #NationalEndangeredSpeciesDay and it got us thinking about this piece.

In November 2020, FERN published a story by Rene Ebersole in partnership with Yale Environment 360 detailing the fight in court to save the North Atlantic right whale.

Read it here: thefern.org/2020/11/could-…

Congratulations! Jessica Camille Aguirre, Rene Ebersole, Lauren Gravitz, Karen Hao, Ferris Jabr, Emily "Legacy" Willingham PhD, Nina Berman, Virginia Gewin, Emily Mullin, Jeremy Hance, Sam Bloch...

Rene Ebersole (Rene Ebersole) is an award-winning journalist specializing in investigative stories about science, health, and the environment. She will examine the troubling legacy of junk science in the criminal justice system.

I'm so excited to share that I have been awarded an MIT Knight Journalism fellowship!!!!! Congratulations
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