February is LGBT+ history month, so we’re delving into the contributions of a few LGBT+ figures in conservation and natural sciences... Alan Turing (1912-1954) developed an equation that explains how chemicals spread through cells in living organisms, resulting in patterns in nature such as a leopard’s spots. Tragically Turing took his own life after bring chemically castrated for participating in homosexual acts. Rachel Carson (1907-1964) has been credited as the founder of the modern-day environmentalist movement for being the first biologist to make the connection between chemical pesticides and harm to the natural world. Carson had a 12-year long relationship with another woman, which many claim was a romantic relationship. Penny Whetton’s (1958-2019) contribution to climatology included many publications on global warming and being lead author on a Nobel-prize winning report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change. Whetton came out as a trans women to her wife in 1...