Science Storytelling, with Kristy Ferraro and Adam Meyer
BioScience Talks16 Jul 2025

Science Storytelling, with Kristy Ferraro and Adam Meyer

For this episode of BioScience Talks, we were joined by Dr. Kristy Ferraro, who is a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador, and Adam Meyer, a PhD candidate in the Ecosystem Ecology Lab, also at Memorial University. They were here to talk about their recent article in BioScience, "Beyond hero and villain narratives in ecology and conservation science," in which they discuss storytelling and narratives in science writing—and explain which approaches work best.

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Episode #5: When Tree Planting Hurts Ecosystems

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"Forest restoration" is a common conservation theme, often promoted as a means of repairing degraded landscapes and boosting carbon storage. But when the planting areas are poorly chosen, these initia...

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Episode #4: Fire in the Amazon

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Episode #3: Extracellular Vesicles Everywhere

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