Tierra Curry
@savelifeonearth.bsky.social
Senior Scientist at Center for Biological Diversity #StopExtinction
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Planetary Thinking: Hellbenders as Emissaries of Appalachia
Hellbenders are prehistoric salamanders that have thrived in cold rivers since before the continents divided. Once found throughout Appalachian watersheds, due to exploitation and habitat degradation ...
mds.marshall.edu
What do salamanders have to do with public health and environmental justice? Everything. This article explores hellbenders, the extinction crisis and my work leading @biologicaldiversity.org's Saving Life On Earth campaign in a special edition of the journal Critical Humanities focused on Appalachia
“After my dreaded beheading I tied that sucker back on with a string and I guess I’m pretty different now, considering” — Ani
September 24, 2026 at 6:14 PM
“After my dreaded beheading I tied that sucker back on with a string and I guess I’m pretty different now, considering” — Ani
Girls are like, “I needed this,” and it’s a tiny Cascades Frog high on a volcanic mountain 🏔️ 🐸 💚
September 23, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Girls are like, “I needed this,” and it’s a tiny Cascades Frog high on a volcanic mountain 🏔️ 🐸 💚
This endangered American Bumblebee wants to remind you to tend to your joy
September 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
This endangered American Bumblebee wants to remind you to tend to your joy
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Under One Canopy, an exploration of the ethics of biological kinship, is at long last slated for publication. I am told it will hit the virtual shelves August 18th! I will be sharing more details when it's official.
August 7, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Under One Canopy, an exploration of the ethics of biological kinship, is at long last slated for publication. I am told it will hit the virtual shelves August 18th! I will be sharing more details when it's official.
Reposted by Tierra Curry
It has been so wonderful to hear from people that have already read their copies of HOLLER! You can get your copy here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/denal...
Holler
An "important piece of activist art", this beautiful graphic memoir tells the story of six hopeful activists in Appalachia who had the courage to resist agai...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It has been so wonderful to hear from people that have already read their copies of HOLLER! You can get your copy here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/denal...
Joe Pye Weed brings all the bumblebees to the yard. #SaveTheBees
July 10, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Joe Pye Weed brings all the bumblebees to the yard. #SaveTheBees
Good to see you, cute little American Bumblebee, thanks for working in my yard #SavePollinators 🐝
July 9, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Good to see you, cute little American Bumblebee, thanks for working in my yard #SavePollinators 🐝
The thing about milkweed is once you get it started, it’s in it for the marathon. #SaveTheMonarch 🌺 🦋 🧡
July 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The thing about milkweed is once you get it started, it’s in it for the marathon. #SaveTheMonarch 🌺 🦋 🧡
Last fall this butterfly flew all the way to Mexico to overwinter in mountain fir forests. She just flew north again for thousands of miles, dodging cars, predators and pesticides, and hopefully just laid her eggs on milkweed, hope for the first summer monarch generation @biologicaldiversity.org
April 7, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Last fall this butterfly flew all the way to Mexico to overwinter in mountain fir forests. She just flew north again for thousands of miles, dodging cars, predators and pesticides, and hopefully just laid her eggs on milkweed, hope for the first summer monarch generation @biologicaldiversity.org
Save the water dragons! Because they rock!
Environmental group files lawsuit seeking endangered species protections for hellbenders
The lawsuit asks the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to extend federal protection to hellbenders — a type of salamander considered an icon in Appalachia.
www.wkrn.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Save the water dragons! Because they rock!
Never ever gonna give up on hellbenders
Lawsuit Seeks Endangered Species Protection for Hellbenders
Center for Biological Diversity: Trump Administration Fails to Finalize Listing for Prehistoric Salamander
biologicaldiversity.org
February 18, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Never ever gonna give up on hellbenders
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"Every species is connected in deep time to milions of other species and holds a direct line to the future of life on earth...when a species goes extinct we're breaking that connection." Hear more from @biologicaldiversity.org’s @savelifeonearth.bsky.social on our new podcast about extinction:
October 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"Every species is connected in deep time to milions of other species and holds a direct line to the future of life on earth...when a species goes extinct we're breaking that connection." Hear more from @biologicaldiversity.org’s @savelifeonearth.bsky.social on our new podcast about extinction:
Check out @biologicaldiversity.org's new podcast about saving life on Earth and fighting the extinction crisis. I know a podcast about extinction sounds depressing, but the focus is on turning despair into action. Check it out. www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...
Sounds Wild | iHeart
Sounds Wild is a Center for Biological Diversity podcast focusing on endangered wildlife, the extinction crisis, and saving life on Earth. Hosted by Mike Stark and Vanessa Barchfield, Sounds Wild feat...
www.iheart.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Check out @biologicaldiversity.org's new podcast about saving life on Earth and fighting the extinction crisis. I know a podcast about extinction sounds depressing, but the focus is on turning despair into action. Check it out. www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...
May your afternoon be as nice as Jack’s
September 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
May your afternoon be as nice as Jack’s
people tend to think that butterflies are fragile, but butterflies are resilient. Just ask this eastern tiger swallowtail.
September 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
people tend to think that butterflies are fragile, but butterflies are resilient. Just ask this eastern tiger swallowtail.
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"Public drinking water comes from the rivers where hellbenders swim, or at one time swam. The water they breathe courses through our bloodstream. We are in this planetary aquarium with them. Every action we take to save hellbenders will help save us," writes Curry.
August 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"Public drinking water comes from the rivers where hellbenders swim, or at one time swam. The water they breathe courses through our bloodstream. We are in this planetary aquarium with them. Every action we take to save hellbenders will help save us," writes Curry.
This is so cool! Missouri Department of Conservation is hosting craft classes to sew wildlife patterns including Spotted Skunks, Alligator Snapping Turtles, Hellbender Salamanders, and Ozark Chinquapins. Rock on!
Stitch Missouri’s Wildlife: MDC Launches Ozark Needlers Embroidery Series - Ozark Radio News
West Plains, MO — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is excited to announce a year-long embroidery class series called Ozark Needlers, designed to combine creative stitching with learning a...
www.ozarkradionews.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is so cool! Missouri Department of Conservation is hosting craft classes to sew wildlife patterns including Spotted Skunks, Alligator Snapping Turtles, Hellbender Salamanders, and Ozark Chinquapins. Rock on!
Reposted by Tierra Curry
Freedom of Voice: Learn From History’s Most Effective Protesters • @therevelator.org therevelator.org/history-effe...
Freedom of Voice: Learn From History’s Most Effective Protesters • The Revelator
Our continuing newcomer’s guide to protesting looks at the foundational movements that shape our current and future efforts.
therevelator.org
July 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Freedom of Voice: Learn From History’s Most Effective Protesters • @therevelator.org therevelator.org/history-effe...
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What do salamanders have to do with public health and environmental justice?
To quote @savelifeonearth.bsky.social (Endangered Species Codirector, Senior Scientist at the Center), "Everything". ⬇️
To quote @savelifeonearth.bsky.social (Endangered Species Codirector, Senior Scientist at the Center), "Everything". ⬇️
Planetary Thinking: Hellbenders as Emissaries of Appalachia
Hellbenders are prehistoric salamanders that have thrived in cold rivers since before the continents divided. Once found throughout Appalachian watersheds, due to exploitation and habitat degradation ...
mds.marshall.edu
July 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
What do salamanders have to do with public health and environmental justice?
To quote @savelifeonearth.bsky.social (Endangered Species Codirector, Senior Scientist at the Center), "Everything". ⬇️
To quote @savelifeonearth.bsky.social (Endangered Species Codirector, Senior Scientist at the Center), "Everything". ⬇️
What do salamanders have to do with public health and environmental justice? Everything. This article explores hellbenders, the extinction crisis and my work leading @biologicaldiversity.org's Saving Life On Earth campaign in a special edition of the journal Critical Humanities focused on Appalachia
Planetary Thinking: Hellbenders as Emissaries of Appalachia
Hellbenders are prehistoric salamanders that have thrived in cold rivers since before the continents divided. Once found throughout Appalachian watersheds, due to exploitation and habitat degradation ...
mds.marshall.edu
July 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
What do salamanders have to do with public health and environmental justice? Everything. This article explores hellbenders, the extinction crisis and my work leading @biologicaldiversity.org's Saving Life On Earth campaign in a special edition of the journal Critical Humanities focused on Appalachia
New term of the day for me: "hydroclimate whiplash." The atmosphere can evaporate, absorb and release 7% more water for every degree Celsius the planet warms. More intense droughts, more intense floods on harder soil . . .
Floods, droughts, then fires: Hydroclimate whiplash is speeding up globally
New research links intensifying wet and dry swings to the atmosphere’s sponge-like ability to drop and absorb water.
newsroom.ucla.edu
July 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
New term of the day for me: "hydroclimate whiplash." The atmosphere can evaporate, absorb and release 7% more water for every degree Celsius the planet warms. More intense droughts, more intense floods on harder soil . . .
Was lawn. Is now baby Eastern Bluebird in a Pawpaw. Good job nature. Good job me.
June 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Was lawn. Is now baby Eastern Bluebird in a Pawpaw. Good job nature. Good job me.
Common Milkweed smells amazing and it’s so pretty. Even if it didn’t feed monarch butterfly caterpillars it would be lovely to plant. I’m amazed by the dozens of other insects that are feeding on it in my yard.
June 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Common Milkweed smells amazing and it’s so pretty. Even if it didn’t feed monarch butterfly caterpillars it would be lovely to plant. I’m amazed by the dozens of other insects that are feeding on it in my yard.
Scientists-- we have one week left to boost support to protect endangered species' habitat safeguards. Sign on to the scientists' open sign-on letter here and please share: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
May 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Scientists-- we have one week left to boost support to protect endangered species' habitat safeguards. Sign on to the scientists' open sign-on letter here and please share: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...