This one time while eating a sandwich on the streets of Venice an aspiring seagull thief bodyslammed my head
The Venetian sandwich bandit
Accidental Gibraltar Safari
That one time a 30-pound wild macaque jumped on my back in Gibraltar.
Christmas Pajamas
What not to do as Americans in Europe: Christmas edition
Finding my style in Rome
Some days during my European life, there is little to disabuse me of the notion that I’ve slid sideways into a rom-com.
An Unexpected Invite to Shanghai
Accepting an unsolicited invitation from a complete stranger to speak at a Shanghai conference after I published one single scientific article was objectively crazy.
When airlines give you lemons
While we’re on the subject of airplane food, let’s talk about British Airways.
Sheep fight in the Faroes
Somehow, I knew what was going to happen from the moment I laid eyes on the ram, even though it all began innocently enough. He was just standing on a boulder above my head, facing away from me and chomping on some grass. His stringy wool was pitch black and it was falling off in... Continue Reading →
A series of ridiculous events: Fieldwork
True short stories about being a field biologist in the Americas
A series of ridiculous events
True short tales of absurd things that have happened to me around the world