Erik Hoffner

@erikhoffner.bsky.social

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Editor, photojournalist & award-winning podcast producer for nonprofit news outlet @Mongabay. Member of Society of Envi Journalists & Vermont Center for Photography

sonoran desert toad
Water lily flower
Screenshot of article at Wired: "Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content"
Ten sea turtles were released Wednesday evening into the waters off Cape Cod, Mass., in the New England Aquarium's second local beach release of the season. The group included six Kemp's ridleys, two loggerheads, and two green sea turtles, all equipped with a combination of satellite and acoustic tags for researchers to collect data on the animals’ movements. Image via NE Aquarium
Loon on nest
Nagelsmann must rethink his terrible choices in terms of hats
Nagelsmann needs to rethink his terrible choices in terms of hats
Whippoorwill singing
Fake ad in the onion
Luna moth
Wes Jackson
Somali international referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan / AFP
wildlife vs highways article
Lithium deposits in the US northeast
Light pollution
Morel mushroom
Vertical diving beetle
Mongabay podcast award
Jacks are pollinated by fungus gnats, which find their way under the overlapping pulpit
bird migration forecast
Nipmuc Indigenous community members carving details in a new dugout canoe
Making a traditional Mishima boat
North Atlantic right whale mom “Millipede” (Catalog #3520) seen with her calf in Cape Cod Bay on April 9, 2026. CREDIT: New England Aquarium, taken under NOAA Permit #25739-01
"What Editors Actually Want: Pitching Environmental Investigations" webinar
Reservoir dam
Cartoon
Award for Mongabay x AP video
Semafor graphic of China's wind industry dominance
Robin
Wild ramps
Artemis press conference
podcast
Sam Rockwell, miner, “Moon” (2009)
James McMurtry
Banksy mural
lichen katydids
sandhill cranes
diane wilson arrested
Snow covered car
Kessler Syndrome
The new 200 lempiras bank note has a prominent profile of slain Indigenous activist Berta Cáceres, and is the first banknote in Honduras history to feature a woman. It was put into circulation on January 20, 2026, in celebration of International Day of Women in Multilateralism, which recognizes women's key roles in promoting human rights, peace, and sustainable development within international organizations.
Kristen Ruegg, bird genoscape project
Nest box
Gnome in snow
A blue whale seen by the New England Aquarium’s aerial survey team over Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument on Feb. 27, 2026. (CREDIT: New England Aquarium
Fairy armadillo
WMVY logo
Severely entangled North Atlantic right whale found dead off North Carolina, image via NE Aquarium
AI fake camera trap image of a tiger
Hydro dams in the Balkans