Mary Pearl never has a "typical" week, so being a Grist diarist has been a challenge for her: How to describe a job that constantly changes? As president of Wildlife Trust, Pearl's duties range from attending board meetings to leading trips to Tanzania to speaking to the press about monkeypox, the latest foreign health threat to arrive in the U.S. -- all in service of her organization's mission of promoting innovative conservation science, linking ecology and health, and empowering lasting local conservation. Read about Pearl's adventures in conservation science, only on the Gris Magazine website.