Wildlife biologist 🐘 Career Mentor👩‍🎓 Communicator 👥 | Showing animal lovers how to get their dream job✨ | Connecting people with nature for conservation 🌿

Chicago, IL
Joined April 2009
🚨 Attention parents & educators! 🐾 Ready to learn the 7 essential elements to foster your child’s passion for animals 🦋 that allow them to return to nature 🌿 & cultivate critical life skills? There's one more free training 🎓today! stephanieschuttler.com/anima…
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I'm writing an article about the dire wolf de-extinction for A-Z Animals and am looking to talk to a wolf biologist. If you are interested or know anyone who would be a good fit, please comment below. We get 2.2 million active users per month!
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Patrick Raney of Ducks Unlimited says, "There are a lot of ways to contribute to wildlife conservation" when it comes to careers. If you are struggling to get a job, find your place, or want to make more $, listen to Fancy Scientist podcast 142. stephanieschuttler.com/142-p…
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Your backyard is a classroom 🌿🔍 Squirrels are everywhere, but scientists still have big questions, and kids can help answer these with simple observations. In the latest Wildlife Biology For Kids Club, learn about animal behavior with SQUIRRELS 🐿️🎥 youtube.com/watch?v=PFEkbEwR…
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White-tailed Deer all across Indiana (and beyond!) are in their annual rut. Can you watch rut? How would you do this? I answered these questions & more thanks to Joe Caudell, at the Indiana DNR in my latest @azanimals article. a-z-animals.com/articles/how… Have you ever seen rut?
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How often do you look 👀, but not see? In the latest Fancy Scientist podcast, I feature a Wildlife Biology for Kids Club video (my 1st one!), which gives you tips to OBSERVE like a scientist. 🔬👩‍🔬 Are you really paying attention? 🧐 Listen to find out: 🎧 stephanieschuttler.com/143-o…
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I was lucky (yes, lucky!) to live alongside venomous snakes, like copperheads, for years in North Carolina. Venomous snakes are demonized, and my goal with my latest A-Z Animals article was to show off how amazing these animals truly are. a-z-animals.com/articles/the…
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It never ceases to amaze me how much wildlife populations change over time & how resilient some species can be. I'm writing an article about deer in Indiana, a highly abundant species, but in the late 1800, they were extirpated and had to be reintroduced. in.gov/dnr/fish-and-wildlife…
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Now is the perfect time to be a scientist and track phenology with changing leaf color using BudBurst🌈🍁. Watch the latest Wildlife Biology for Kids Club video to learn how. Designed for kids, but applicable to everyone! youtu.be/ZZklhpntVZk
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Leaves are falling 🍂— but don’t toss them! Those leaves help frogs 🐸, salamanders 🦎, turtles 🐢, butterflies 🦋 & more survive the winter. In my new Wildlife Biology for Kids Club video, we explore fall leaf science + how to help wildlife at home 🏡. youtu.be/ZZklhpntVZk
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When you join, you’ll get the downloadable worksheets, step-by-step instructions, as well as a leaf scavenger hunt to find all of the colors in the canopy. Here’s a sneak peek! Join me in making a difference for our wildlife! stephanieschuttler.com/wildl…
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🐢🦋 Protect local wildlife by leaving leaves. Learn why this simple action makes a big difference! In the latest Wildlife Biology for Kids Club video, I explain how, as well as teach you the science behind leaves changing colors & falling off: youtu.be/ZZklhpntVZk
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Liberals still haven't learned their lessons with messaging. I am for the IDEA of "No Kings," but when you use negative messaging, you aren't fighting FOR anything, & you are activating the word "King," which Trump actually likes, so now he is tweeting AI videos of him as a king.
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And he will normalize it like he always does, bringing us closer to that reality. Liberals need to have their own activating messaging that people in the MIDDLE can get behind. They want someone to fight FOR THEM.
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You know you’re not like most girls when you find a bug in your house and your first thought is “what kind?” And then proceed to take a photo of it for community science.
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Are dolphins & porpoises different words for the same animals? Are bison and buffalo okay to use interchangeably? Are there really any differences between frogs and toads? My latest article clears up the confusion surrounding mixed-up animal groups. a-z-animals.com/articles/com…
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