Northwest Science Writers Association

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The Ocean’s Menagerie Book Talk with Drew Harvell May 19 at 7pm

The NSWA Book Club book talk has been rescheduled for May 19. We are excited to have Drew Harvell, a marine ecologist who researches ocean biodiversity and ocean health, specializing in diseases in marine ecosystems. Her latest book The Ocean’s Menagerie: How Earth’s Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life takes us down into this incredible underwater realm. From Hawaii to Indonesia to the Salish Sea, we meet coral kingdoms tougher than steel, jellyfish that glow like lanterns, and sponges harboring potent cancer-fighting secrets.

Drew will be in conversation with NSWA Vice President Lynda Mapes. Please register today. This will be a virtual event on Zoom.

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