CD Davidson-Hiers

Mar 21, 2025 | nautil.us | CD Davidson-Hiers

It’s July, a sweaty month in Florida’s most aggressive season, and Rick O’Connor steps into the cold clear water at the kayak and paddleboard launch at Big Lagoon State Park near the coastal city of Pensacola. He steadies his board. Nearby, O’Connor’s 9-year-old grandson waits to push his board into the water. Nearby, grasses stand as tall as the blue heron that wades through them. Birders stand on the boardwalk, pointing out toward the flocks of pelicans that fly by in Vees.

Mar 14, 2025 | nautil.us | CD Davidson-Hiers

A small dusky brown horse high-steps through the snow. A dusting of powder accents his coat like sifted sugar. I crouch in the saddle in a thick snowsuit, gathering the reins as we trek into a blinding white wilderness about 30 minutes outside of Iceland’s capital city Reykjavík. Though the temperature dips into the 20s Fahrenheit, he has broken a sweat from the ride. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now .

Sep 21, 2024 | espanol.news | CD Davidson-Hiers

IEn una pequeña habitación bien iluminada en Apollo Beach, Florida, un equipo de científicos con batas blancas y guantes morados sumergen larvas de coral dentro y fuera del nitrógeno líquido, que se derrama de contenedores azules como si fuera una máquina de niebla en miniatura. La misión del grupo: congelar criogénicamente larvas de coral, las crías nadadoras de los corales, en sus primeras etapas de desarrollo.

Sep 20, 2024 | nautil.us | CD Davidson-Hiers

Inside a small, well-lit room in Apollo Beach, Florida, a team of scientists in white lab coats and purple gloves dip coral larvae in and out of liquid nitrogen, which spills out of blue containers as if from miniature fog machines. The group’s mission: Cryogenically freeze coral larvae, the coral’s swimming offspring, in early development. If this team of scientists is successful, the larvae with which they work will be frozen in time and stored in biobanks.

Apr 16, 2024 | themarjorie.org | CD Davidson-Hiers

Even as a child, CD Davidson-Hiers knew Molino was not forever. Like many rural towns in Florida, this small town in the Panhandle has, in recent years, been coveted for its suburban potential. As new development encroaches, Davidson-Hiers writes about the way of life that will be lost for the people and animals that share this rural habitat.