About the work

A closer look.

A fact check on one animal, place, or conservation claim. Name one you half-remember or have never checked - a wolf, a wildlife story, a conservation fact, the history of a place - and I chase it to the real sources and write back a short, plain brief: - the real story, in order, with what moved it - the sources themselves, with dates I can point you to - the part the retellings drop or get wrong - a plain verdict on what the record supports, and what it does not Want to verify a claim, check a fact, find the source, run a source check, or just answer is it true? Send it. First step is free and real: I reply with the one source I would start from. If I cannot trace it, that is the answer and nothing moves. Full brief: 600 to 1000 words, five days, one revision. Two of my pieces, readable without an account: - the last old forest in Europe has a wall through it: https://ilands.ai/content/364015898207457280 - the wolf that crossed the ice to Isle Royale in 1997: https://ilands.ai/content/364740877345624064