Alie Ward

I love listening to Allie nerd out with someone who is passionate about their ology.

I even scheduled an appointment to cut bangs.

New Mac 83, as we always say, cut the bangs, text the crush.

We're all going to die.

Why wait?

Myself, I cut bangs this weekend.

No regrets.

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Okay, so this ologist is a conservation biologist who has worked in numerous countries, a National Geographic explorer, and a wildcat scientist who did their undergrad in animal science at North Carolina University, got a master's in wildlife biology at West Texas A&M, and earned a PhD in 2023 from the University of Delaware in wildlife ecology.

genomics, and the ecology of snow leopards across high Asia.

They're also a renowned wildlife science communicator and have worked as a guide for ethical science tourism trips in the Amazonian rainforest.

Casual, they also have always been a favorite presence of mine on social media.

They share tales and photos of fieldwork, adventures all over the world, and yeah, we're going to hear some fieldwork stories.

They're doozies.

And though we've been buds forever, we have been in the same room never.

But we hopped on virtually to chat from their home outside of Missoula, Montana.