Biologists hail the comeback of Northern elephant seals, once hunted to near extinction for their oil-rich blubber, as one of conservation’s great successes. Now, they’re scrambling to protect the rebounding population’s habitat in Point Reyes, California from rising seas.
PBS Nature, June 11, 2019
Top Pick, Best Shortform Science Writing
Can efforts to bottle MDMA’s magic transform psychiatry?
The Verge, May 22, 2019
Concern about how climate change affects food security usually focuses on agriculture in resource-poor countries. But disruptions to weather patterns threaten food supplies for wildlife too.
PBS Nature, April 18, 2019
The real risks from chemicals in our food—for farmworkers and children, in particular—are being ignored.
The Nation, March 21, 2019
Mountain lions and wolves have suffered from our ignorance ever since pioneers inundated their wilderness homes. But an emerging view of mountain lions’ unique ecological role is coming into focus.
PBS Nature, February 26, 2019
Scientists warned the EPA years ago that dicamba would drift off fields and kill weeds that are vital to honeybees. The consequences of the EPA’s decisions now are rippling through the food system.
Reveal, from the Center for Investigative Reporting/FERN, January 23, 2019
Recognized, Best Shortform Science Writing
Most songbirds head south for the winter, as food supplies disappear, returning to breed in the spring, when booming insect populations can satisfy clamoring broods. Not crossbills.
PBS Nature, January 15, 2019
Can the tiny raptors adapt to irrigation changes in California’s warming farm fields?
High Country News, November 22, 2018
Recognized, Best Shortform Science Writing
EPA approved dicamba for new uses on Monsanto’s GM crops, ignoring scientists’ warnings that it would evaporate, drift and ruin crops miles away. The result? Millions of acres of damage to crops, gardens and wild plants.
Reveal, from the Center for Investigative Reporting & FERN, November 13, 2018
Winner, SPJ NorCal Excellence in Journalism Award for Explanatory Journalism, 2019
3rd place, Association of Food Journalists Award, Best Story on Food Policy or Food Issues, 2019
The Best of Nonprofit News 2018, Money, Power & Influence
Everyone loves burrowing owls but many don’t realize that the prairie dogs and other burrowing mammals they love to hate are critical to the endearing owls’ survival.
PBS Nature, August 7, 2018
