Raleigh-based writer of natural history (and its history) 🐍 Author of CURIOUS SPECIES 🦝 http://bit.ly/3rMeLNQ 🐡 https://linktr.ee/wbarlowrobles 🐛 whitneybarlowrobles.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3mltz6ne62k2wI've somehow found myself at the center of an underground reptile ring: Other 5-year-olds bring my daughter sloughed skins they find outside => I photograph them and send them to herpetologists for an ID => She brings the skins and names back to school => Now we're all wiser about reptiles14 May 2026 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltz6ne62k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3mjkb3pisbs2jIt's that time of year when the trees are blooming, the birds are singing, and belligerent carpenter bees crash into my face.15 Apr 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkb3pisbs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3mjfsvogqzk2tLove this: "Weirdness is not a flaw in a picture book. It is often the doorway in. It tells children this space is not governed by ordinary rules." And this: "A picture book read aloud is not just text being delivered. It is performance. It is call and response. It is music with page turns." [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfsvogqzk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3mf65pydie22pSome exciting news today: I'm writing another book!18 Feb 2026 22:43 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf65pydie22phttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3mdmd46heys2r“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” - James Baldwin [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jan 2026 03:06 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdmd46heys2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3md7dizhwms2b​An ICU nurse rushes to help a woman who has been violently shoved to the ground by ICE. And they execute him in cold blood for it. I can't even wrap my head around the depravity.24 Jan 2026 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3md7dizhwms2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3mcpcaspe4s2gThe educator in me is dying at chalkboards apparently being a “thing of the past” 😭 Like they’re as quaint as a quill or gramophone Source: my kid’s kindergarten homework #EduSky18 Jan 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcpcaspe4s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3mabksz5m2s24A hilarious read. Especially: "The shark had looked sunken and strange after dissection, so the team “just shoved a load of lab coats in it”, says Maclaine, laughing at the idea that the stitches might burst in 100 years’ time, spewing foetid lab coats and puzzling future researchers." https://www.countryfile.com/wildlife/marine-life/natural-history-museum-spirit-collection18 Dec 2025 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mabksz5m2s24