“This here’s a woolly monkey,” Gary said, “from South America. When you’re hosin’ down, keep your hands outside the bars.” Read Beth Ann Mathews’ essay from when she was a zookeeper in Indiana. Hippocampus Magazine.

Beth shares a harrowing excerpt from her book Deep Waters, family highlights from 2023, and a nature note about how great blue herons use their middle toes to keep their feathers clean.

Sandhill Cranes are on their wintering grounds now. If you live close enough, consider a field trip to visit these remarkable, unusual birds.

Deep Waters is now available as an audiobook wherever audiobooks are sold, narrated by classically trained actor and director Alex Picard!

Beth & Jim complete the 9-week expedition on their sailboat, a much longer and tougher journey than expected, but also rewarding.

Beth & Jim face rough conditions off Cape Mendocino on board their sailboat, where they encounter an injured blue whale—possibly the survivor of a ship strike or entanglement in fishing gear.

Active Voice Podcast host Katie Bausler Interviews author and marine biologist Beth Ann Mathews about her debut book Deep Waters: A Memoir of Loss, Alaska Adventure, and Love Rekindled

Author of DEEP WATERS interviewed by Suzanne M Lang and Andromeda Romano-Lax. Sex after stroke.

Author of the DEEP WATERS memoir shares how her deceased artist sister Carol Mathews joined her publishing journey through a cherished painting.

Suzanne Lang KRCB-NPR interviews Beth Mathews about about her book Deep Waters for the podcast A Novel Idea airing April 30, 2023 10 AM PST.

Debut author of Deep Waters receives first batch of printed books.

Western Bluebird parents feed chicks in the nestbox used by Oak Titmice last year. Share this educational video, and the dramatic stand-off filmed between the two species last year, with your kids. (Species Sialia mexicana).