What if the methods of raising pileated woodpeckers we perfected at the Tulsa Zoo could help conserve ivory-billed woodpeckers?

“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.