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Wednesday, September 4, 2013 8:33:18 PM
Pamela S. Turner wrote a blog post titled Bluefin Tuna:
Pamela S. said, "A 513-pound bluefin tuna just sold at auction in Tokyo for $177,000. That's $345 per pound. Since the 1950s bluefin tuna stocks have crashed, and over 90% of these fish, the Porsches of the ocean, are gone. Guess why?"
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 8:33:18 PM
Pamela S. Turner wrote a blog post titled Galapagos Visit:
Pamela S. said, "The day after Christmas our family left for a week-long dive trip to the Galapagos Islands. After 25 years of diving, I think the single best dive site in the world is Darwin's Arch just off Darwin Island. However remarkable the Galapagos are above..." more
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 8:33:18 PM
Pamela S. Turner wrote a blog post titled Gorillas and Dolphins:
Pamela S. said, "I just added to my website a video of George Schaller's video message on the U.N. Year of the Gorilla. I love the footage at the end of the female gorilla carefully shielding her infant from the pouring rain. You can see why the mountain gorilla..." more
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 8:33:18 PM
Pamela S. Turner wrote a blog post titled THE FROG SCIENTIST receives an Orbis Pictus Honor:
Pamela S. said, "THE FROG SCIENTIST was recently named an Orbis Pictus Honor Book, a prize awarded to outstanding children's nonfiction by the National Council of Teachers of English. And I get to go to Florida for the NCTE convention this coming November...which..." more
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 8:33:18 PM
Pamela S. Turner wrote a blog post titled The Gathering Storm:
Pamela S. said, "I started reading Robert Jordan's WHEEL OF TIME series years and years ago. The first five volumes were excellent. And then...the cast of characters expanded, the books got longer and longer, and the plot slowed. I finally decided Robert Jordan must..." more
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 8:33:18 PM
Pamela S. Turner wrote a blog post titled THE FROG SCIENTIST wins a Cybils Award:
Pamela S. said, "THE FROG SCIENTIST just won a Cybils Award for young adult nonfiction. (The Cybils is the children's and young adult bloggers' literary award.) What a great Valentine's Day surprise!"
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 8:33:18 PM
Pamela S. Turner wrote a blog post titled Atrazine in the News Again (Unfortunately):
Pamela S. said, "Atrazine, the chemical Tyrone Hayes studies (also the subject of my book THE FROG SCIENTIST, has been linked to a birth defect. Brita water filter, anyone?"
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 8:33:18 PM
Pamela S. Turner wrote a blog post titled AAAS in San Diego:
Pamela S. said, "Last weekend I was in San Diego for the AAAS Annual Meeting. There were sessions on food security, ocean acidification, the concept of time, the ethics of dolphin research, and hundreds of other topics. I told everyone I felt like a cat in a fish..." more
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 8:33:18 PM
Pamela S. Turner wrote a blog post titled Spray Toads:
Pamela S. said, "Pity the poor spray toad, obliterated from the wild due to dam construction on the single river where they lived in Tanzania, and hurt by the chytrid fungus as well. Now 4,000 refugees are living in captivity at two zoos. It may not be possible to..." more
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 8:33:18 PM
Pamela S. Turner wrote a blog post titled Now This Really is a Freaky Frog:
Pamela S. said, "The Washington Post just reported on a new study by Tyrone Hayes, star of THE FROG SCIENTIST. Tyrone exposed some African clawed frogs to atrazine in his lab and produced frogs that are genetically male but lay viable eggs. The transsexual frogs..." more
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 8:33:18 PM
Pamela S. Turner wrote a blog post titled Battle of the Books:
Pamela S. said, "School Library Journal runs a very fun "Battle of the Kids' Books" contest. The idea is to pick 16 children's books and have them pair off in matches judged by well-known children's authors. In my first round I'm up against THE LAST OLYMPIAN, only..." more
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 8:33:18 PM
Pamela S. Turner wrote a blog post titled Japan Opposes Ban on Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fishing:
Pamela S. said, "Atlantic bluefin tuna are horribly overfished. Three-fourths of the Atlatnic bluefin catch is consumed by Japan, which prizes the rich red meat as sashimi. The fish is so highly prized that the best can sell for over $400 a pound wholesale. The..." more
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 8:33:18 PM
Pamela S. Turner wrote a blog post titled Tyrone Hayes (THE FROG SCIENTIST) Interviewed on National Public Radio
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 8:33:18 PM
Pamela S. Turner wrote a blog post titled Beware the Zombie Frog:
Pamela S. said, "THE FROG SCIENTIST was knocked out in a early round of School Library's Journal's Battle of the Books, but it came back as the winner of the Undead Poll, thanks to a wonderful post on Pharyngula, PZ Myer's famous science blog. Meanwhile, I am..." more
Monday, July 12, 2010 12:29:28 PM
Pamela S. Turner was just published! Pamela S. is the Author of Project Seahorse, which was just released in Hardcover. Congratulations Pamela S.!
Friday, January 29, 2010 8:48:32 AM
Pamela S. Turner commented on Joanna Julock's Profile:
Pamela S. said, "Hi Joanna,
I haven't gone to any NY SCBWI conferences, but I've been to the bigger LA summer conference twice. I've always come away inspired. It's a great place to meet and compare notes with other writers."
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 4:10:43 PM
Pamela S. Turner added a Book Trailer Video
Monday, September 7, 2009 8:27:10 PM
Pamela S. Turner left a comment on the video page for :
Pamela S. said, "i hope you enjoy this book trailer, with some live action of dr. tyrone hayes and his students at the university of california, berkeley."
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 6:50:41 PM
Pamela S. Turner left a comment on the event page for The Orange County Book Festival:
Pamela S. said, "I want the space! Pretty please."
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 8:33:18 PM
Pamela S. Turner wrote a blog post titled THE FROG SCIENTIST wins the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize:
Pamela S. said, "Andy Comins (the photographer) and I just won a middle-grade science writing prize from the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science. I'm so happy!"