Kara Tiernan

Kara has traveled around the globe extensively, studying Italian literature and architecture in Italy, and exploring everywhere from Icelandic geysers to the wetlands of the Pantanal. In her free time you can find Kara reviewing the Seattle restaurant scene for STACKEDD Magazine, offering home improvement advice on Porch.com, reviewing concerts for the Seattleite, or tangled in a leash, running with her Pit Bull Kharma.
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Getting pandas to mate in capitvity, and then releasing babies that will thrive in the wild isn't easy, Vitale found out. (Courtesy photo by Ami Vitale)

What’s it really like to be a National Geographic photographer?

by Kara Tiernan
National Geographic photographer Ami Vitale says her job can sometimes by lonely and terrifying, but it's worth it to be a part of preserving our wonderful world.
Mar 17, 2016
A Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium ambassador holds Siesta, a two toed Sloth who has lived at the zoo for almost 15 years. (Courtesy photo)

Can the internet’s love of sloths help keep them wild?

by Kara Tiernan
The same adorable lethargy that's made sloths an internet sensation has also made them vulnerable to animal traffickers. Will the internet fight back?
Aug 12, 2015