Stephanie Manka is a writer at A-Z Animals where her primary focus is on wildlife conservation. Stephanie holds a Ph.D. in biological sciences where she specialized in the social behavior and genetics of African forest elephants. Stephanie has been working in the wildlife field since 2003 and writing about animals, her research, and nature for nearly 20 years.
A current resident in the Chicago suburbs and Illinois Master Naturalist, Stephanie enjoys exploring local biodiversity with her dogs, making videos of her findings, and cooking delicious vegan food.
This video shows hundreds of thousands of purple martins swarming throughout downtown Nashville, Tennessee, last summer. Each night for several weeks, onlookers gathered in the Tennessee Titans stadium parking lot… Read More
By Stephanie Manka 3 days ago
With approximately 300,000 black bears in the United States, this species is the country’s most abundant bear, and their numbers are only increasing. Having suffered from severe overhunting in the… Read More
By Stephanie Manka 4 weeks ago
When it comes to bees, most people think of the honeybee or maybe a bumblebee, but bees are an incredibly diverse group of insects. With over 20,000 species described around… Read More
By Stephanie Manka 1 month ago
Every fall, an incredible migration occurs through the state of Indiana, where millions of tiny monarch butterflies fly on their way to overwintering grounds in Mexico, only to return in… Read More
By Stephanie Manka 1 month ago
Deer rut is a biological spectacle that takes place every year in Illinois throughout the state with an estimated 660,000 individuals. And it happens without most of us even knowing… Read More
By Stephanie Manka 2 months ago
Bites from venomous snakes can be a death sentence, but not if antivenom is administered shortly afterward. Yet the first comprehensive study in Florida on the chronology, treatments, and outcomes… Read More
By Stephanie Manka 2 months ago
Crawfish frogs (Lithobates areolatus) were once common throughout the central and southern United States, but are now in decline in some of their range. The reasons aren't completely known, but… Read More
By Stephanie Manka 2 months ago
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