Selected Clips
I like to cover the relatively forgotten branches on the tree of life, putting a spotlight on fascinating creatures and their behaviors. I often gravitate towards seafaring lifeforms, natural history, and evolution.
MY BEATS
MY BEATS
- Biodiversity and Conservation
- Natural History
- Wildlife
- Ecology
- Evolution
- Marine Science
How a DNA ‘Parasite’ May Have Fragmented Our Genes - Quanta Magazine, 2023
A major malaria outbreak in Ethiopia came from an invasive Asian mosquito - Science News, 2022
Ancient ‘demon ducks’ may have been undone by their slow growth - Science News, 2022
Newly recognised species of sloth has a head like a coconut - New Scientist, 2022
Africa’s fynbos plants hold their ground with the world’s thinnest roots - Science News, 2022
A Billion Years Before Sex, Ancient Cells Were Equipped for It - Quanta Magazine, 2022
Huge numbers of fish-eating jaguars prowl Brazil’s wetlands - Science News, 2021
Mating Contests Among Females, Long Ignored, May Shape Evolution - Quanta Magazine, 2021
Clash of the Feathered Titans - Hakai Magazine, 2021
This Worm Has 100 Butts - Gizmodo, 2021
One of America’s Rarest Birds Lives on Alaska’s Loneliest Island. Scientists Are Finally Exploring Their Private Kingdom - Discover Magazine, 2021
These shrimp parade on land. Now we know why. - National Geographic, 2020
A Hurricane Obliterated Hawaii's Most Spectacular Reef - Earther, 2019
The Scientists Who Brave Angry Hawk Parents, Wasps and 80-Foot-Falls to Save Endangered Chicks - Earther, 2019
Flying squirrels secretly glow pink, thanks to fluorescence - National Geographic, 2019
New snake species discovered in another snake’s belly - National Geographic, 2018
Bering Island Was a Giant, Extinct Seabird’s Last Stand - Audubon, 2018
The War Against Grizzly Bears Is Now a Fight to Save Them - Earther, 2018
Giant coconut crab sneaks up on a sleeping bird and kills it - New Scientist, 2017
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