JEFF, WASHINGTON, DC 

Hi everybody-

My name’s Jeff, and I created Science Says to address scientific, environmental, and conservation issues in a straight-forward, accessible way. Many people in the sciences pride themselves on making things complicated, but I believe that science is only as important as the people who hear about it and can learn from it.

In this blog, I’m going to use my background in biology and international politics to try to help explain conservation and environmental issues as clearly as possible, and also point out why some of the more confusing things are also some of the most important.

A lot of  this blog will be about conservation, and specifically the global threat to endangered species and biodiversity.

My personal passion is helping people to better understand why animals that may be scary or unimportant to us are still worth saving, and why they may be essential for the health of our planet.

I’m also very interested in eco-tourism and responsible travel, and at times will address ways in which we all can be more responsible travelers and special places or things that I think people should see.

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Thanks for checking out Science Says!

- Jeff