Immerse yourself in stories of Earth’s vast living world, spanning plants, animals, microbes, and even viruses with authors Riley Black, James Campbell, and Mindy Weisberger. Dive into prehistoric ecosystems, wildlife conservation, and mind-bending parasitic “zombie” insects in a dynamic panel celebrating science, storytelling, and the surprising connections that shape life on Earth.
| Where: | National Park Experience Stage (Seats 146, Wheelchair accessible) ![]() ![]() |
| When: | Sun, Mar 15, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm |
| Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - National Parks (following presentation) |
| Genre: | Nature / Environment |
| Moderator: | John Koprowski |
| Sponsor: | Session made possible courtesy of Western National Parks |

Riley Black, heralded as a premier gifted young science writer, is the award-winning author of "My Beloved Brontosaurus," "Written in Stone," "When Dinosaurs Ruled," and "The Last Days of the Dinosaurs....

James Campbell is the award-winning author of "The Final Frontiersman," "Braving It," and "The Ghost Mountain Boys." He has written for Outside magazine, National Geographic Adventure, Men’s Journal, and many other publications....

Mindy Weisberger is a science writer, editor, producer and voiceover artist who has written for CNN, Scientific American, Live Science, and Scholastic. Her reporting covers weird animal behavior, paleontology, strange medical cases, space, earth science and more....


