Press, Media, & Sci-Comm

TV & Documentaries

• Animales salvajes en la ciudad: cómo se adaptan los animales a los humanos. DW Documental. January 2026

Radio and podcasts

• WYNC News and NPR Morning Edition. July 20, 2024

• Borrows of NYC: Comedy and trivia loosely inspired by urban wildlife. Facts Machine Podcast. New York, NY, USA. May 16, 2024

• “Getting Nerdy About Light Pollution”. Nerd Nite Reno Podcast. July 2020

Featured press and science media

• Valentina Alaasam | What is the “hidden cost” of abandonment to rock sparrow offspring? Functional Ecologist. Dec 15, 2025. 

• Science Is Revealing the Social Disparities at the Root of Urban Ecosystems.. Burakoff, M. Audubon Magazine. Dec, 2024

• Are parks in NYC’s wealthier areas more biodiverse? NYU researchers want to find out. Misdary, R. The Gothamist. July 20, 2024

• The Ties Between Wealth and Wildlife in NYC: An Interview with Dr. Valentina Alaasam.. Sargent, A. Integrative and Comparative Biology Blog. July 2, 2024

• What To Know about the 2024 Total Eclipse: Tips from NYU experts on eye safety, photography, animal behavior, and more ahead of the sun’s big show.. Reynolds E. NYU News. March 29, 2024

• Stress in the city.. Rawat, S. The Biologist. September 11, 2023

• Artificial light at night: A research field in action.. Ogden LE. BioScience. Volume 73, Issue 7, July 2023, Pages 469–475

• Want to help wildlife? Turn off your lights.. Gibbons, S. National Geographic. April 3, 2023

• How light pollution disrupts plants’ senses.. Hirschlag A. BBC Future. March 8, 2023

• Urban Wildlife: How noise and light pollution affect birds.. Johnson K. The Hitchcock Project for Visualizing Science. December 20, 2020

Public talks and webinars

• How Hummingbirds are Beating the Heat, Sedona Hummingbird Festival, Sedona, AZ. July 25, 2026. 

• Smary Pints, Burke Gilman Brewing, Seattle, WA. June 15, 2026

• Soapbox Science, Cenral Park, New York, NY. August 23, 2024

• The Myrrh the Merrier: Comedy and trivia loosely inspired by the holidays. Live show. New York, NY, USA. December 17th, 2024.

• Borrows of NYC: Comedy and trivia loosely inspired by urban wildlife.. Live show. New York, NY, USA. May 16, 2024

• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Live Webinar. April 12, 2023

• Science in the wild: Patagonia and Friends of Nevada Wilderness. Live Talk. Reno, NV, USA. March 9, 2023

• Lahontan Audubon Society. Reno, NV, USA. March 28, 2023

• Altacal Audubon Society. Live Virtual Talk. February 20, 2023

• San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory: Birdy Hour. San Francisco, CA, USA. May 16, 2022

• Earth Day and Light Pollution – Air and Space Live Chat. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. May 4, 2021