Ashley Braun @ashleybraun.bsky.social

You probably remember the Northern Spotted Owl from the Timber Wars of the '80s-90s, when this bird's listing placed it at the center of conflicts between PNW loggers and environmentalists. But 3 decades later, how's it doing? My Audubon Mag cover story audubon.org/magazine/fall-…

Read my first story for @OPB to learn more, plus see photos of a flaming pine cone toss: opb.org/article/2026/0…

This force once commonly shaped many of Oregon's landscapes. According to emerging research from Hoopa Valley tribal member and fire practitioner Glenn Jones, it might surprise you (though not many Indigenous communities) where that fire history is now showing up... 👀💧🌲 2/

Earlier this month, I traveled to Southern Oregon to witness the growing momentum among Pacific NW Indigenous elders, youth, knowledge holders, and their supporters as they gathered to revive an essential part of their culture: 🔥fire🔥 1/

Get ready to dive deep into oilfield pollution blowouts, purges, radioactivity, and industry accountability (or lack thereof) with some of the best investigative journalists on this beat tomorrow. See you there?

Critics claim large solar farms are a public health threat. Despite little reputable evidence, their fears have helped undercut efforts to broaden energy sources, slowing installations even as customer costs are rising. ☀️My new story at @propublica: propublica.org/article/michig…

You may recall Naomi Klein dubbed this concept the "shock doctrine" back around 2008

Do you read and rely on @propublica reporting right now? Support their workers when they need you as they prepare to strike

Have you ever heard of a parasitic bird? This researcher's dedicated his life to studying these often maligned birds and how they help us better understand big questions like how a bird even knows which species it is. My latest for @audubonsociety audubon.org/magazine/resea…

The oil industry's toxic pollution is flowing into people's drinking water, groundwater, "gush[ing] a few hundred feet from the high school, just beyond the softball diamond." For one family, tests showed a cancer-causing chemical at levels 6x the EPA limit. Stellar reporting:

When you literally have the receipts

Ocean heatwaves are getting hotter, longer and more frequent. But what if some marine life could pass on resilience to multiple heatwaves to future generations? A paperclip-sized fish holds clues. My latest for @bioGraphic biographic.com/these-fish-can…

@jamesian @HumbertoBasilio I found a sea hare out at Golden Gardens a few weeks ago 🩵

@ashleybraun Love that. Was just out with the slugs this week (see Sea hare below.) Great story by @HumbertoBasilio

Your daily hit of marine marveling: these sea slugs can steal and store chloroplasts in mini fridge organelles for solar-powered food on the go! nature.com/articles/d4158…

Despite a “ban” on incoming Trump officials having links to Project 2025, more sitting cabinet members have links to Project 2025 than don’t, according to an exclusive @DeSmog analysis of these ties, which have not been previously reported (and mapped) in this level of detail.

My latest for @SmithsonianMag: What a simple scientific instrument—that looks like a glass volleyball wrapped in surgical tape—has revealed about the Earth’s atmosphere over more than a half century, tiny gasps of air gathered by hand, the world over smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-in…

The natural world today isn’t always as “natural” as it seems. On one of California's Channel Islands, an unassuming ground squirrel reveals how human hands—past and present—shape ecosystems in ways we’re still uncovering. My latest for @bioGraphic: biographic.com/how-santa-cata…

“WhaleSpotter, an AI-powered whale detection system that aims to transmit real-time alerts to ships to prevent them from colliding with whales—a threat that leads to the injury or death of thousands of whales each year.” @bioGraphic @ashleybraun biographic.com/ping-youve-got…

Combining the power of AI with human experts to protect whales from colliding with ships? It’s happening—in real time. Learn more in my latest story from @bioGraphic biographic.com/ping-youve-got…

So what? It might not seem like oil companies have much in common with evangelical orgs, tech ideologues, or far-right politicians. But they can all benefit from working towards a shared political vision, said Adrian Bardon of Wake Forest. Read @DeSmog desmog.com/2025/02/16/lea…

Who else, according to the attendee list, signed up for ARC? Reps of BP, Koch Inc, Meta, JP Morgan. Major religious right orgs linked to Trump, prominent climate denial orgs, rightwing Silicon Valley figures like Palantir's Peter Thiel & anti-immigrant European political parties

LEAKED: Who’s trying to “re-lay the foundations of civilization”? Execs from major oil & gas firms signed up for a conservative conference in London whose keynote speakers include the leader of the Heritage Foundation, the group behind Project 2025 desmog.com/2025/02/16/lea…