Why do mayflies do that strange, vertical climb and then float back to Earth? Scientists think they have an answer — and yes, it has to do with sex. @theguardian.com @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

Chimpanzees can remember old friends for decades. When presented with stronger evidence, chimps also rationally revise their previously held beliefs. Bonobos can play make believe. My latest feature for @theguardian.com explores the amazing minds of great apes. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Eight Bears is in great company with @zoeschlanger.bsky.social and @jonathanslaght.com in @parademag.bsky.social wrap-up of popular environmental books for Earth Day. parade.com/news/popular...

At least 100 shadow fleet vessels traveled Russia's Northern Sea Route in 2025, more than half of which were oil & LNG tankers. Often old ships with no ice class, watchdogs say a spill here could be almost impossible to clean up. My latest for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Over the years, the Arctic Council has become adept at working quietly in the background. That may yet be its saving grace, writes @gloriadickie.bsky.social.

What an invigorating weekend at the Power of Storytelling festival in Bucharest. My fellow speakers were absolutely phenomenal and I so appreciate everyone who shared their Romanian bear stories with me. 🫶🐻

I’ve arrived in Bucharest for the sold-out Power of Storytelling festival where I’ll be speaking about climate journalism, all things bears and, ultimately, how we find hope on a struggling planet. www.thepowerofstorytelling.org/speakers/

In the 'Polar Bear Capital of the World', hungry bears are scrounging on the garbage from 25,000+ tourists. My latest feature for @thewalrus.ca explores the challenges the tiny town of Churchill is facing after a fire burned down its waste mgmt facility in 2024. thewalrus.ca/churchills-f...

More migratory species populations are in decline and 26 species now have a higher extinction risk then they did two years ago. Latest for @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/03/outl...

📣 Submissions are now OPEN for the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards! 🔔

“We’re on this speeding train to a cliffside, and we’re proposing slowing down by minute fractions. We need to stop it—like now.” How Gen Z is thinking about geoengineering, in my latest for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/0503202...

I started reading Kathryn Lavelle's Reluctant Conquest: American Wealth, Power and Science in the Arctic last fall. Little did I know just how relevant the topic would become. My latest for @foreignpolicy.com: foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/30/r...

The Indonesian govt has revoked the permits of 28 companies & launched a $284 million lawsuit against 6 companies it says were responsible for enviro damages prior to the Nov. landslides that killed up to 11% of the world's Tapanuli orangutan population. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A rule established by the U.S. Forest Service to justify the clearing of tens of thousands of acres of forest in the name of reducing wildfire risk was unlawfully created & applied, a fed court has found, invalidating its future use. @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/2101202...

Thailand's Andaman Sea dugong population may have fallen by as much as half in response to a mass seagrass die-off. Dozens of dead + stranded dugongs have been washing ashore, and the sea cows have moved from Trang province to Phuket. Latest for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The impacts of California's worsening megafires are likely to yield mixed results for the bird species that thrive in these fire-ridden forests. While some species thrive after fire, others are being sickened by wildfire smoke. news.mongabay.com/2025/12/how-...

Last month I traveled to the southern ranges of Thailand's Western Forest Complex to document the expansion of Indochinese tigers into the area for @mongabay.com. After nearly disappearing in the country, today Thailand boasts more than 200 of the big cats. news.mongabay.com/2025/12/hope...

Devastating news out of North Sumatra where scientists estimate up to 11% of the world's Tapanuli orangutan population perished in recent catastrophic flooding and landslides. Climate-fueled extreme rain + deforestation to blame. My latest for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Satellite images reveal the Martabe gold mine in northern Sumatra has begun expanding toward key habitat used by the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan. Campaigners say the mine's expansion could push the ape to extinction. My latest for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Capybaras are having a moment in Asia. The giant rodents are everywhere — from bag charms to viral TikTok songs to coffee shops. But how did this South American species end up more than 10,000 miles from home? My latest for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Scientists have theorized since the 1970s that volcanic activity may be tied to retreating glaciers. @gloriadickie.bsky.social accompanies researchers putting that theory to the test in Iceland, where rapid ice loss seems to have set volcanoes stirring. www.reuters.com/investigates...

I wrote about the rise of durian diplomacy for @foreignpolicy.com this week. China is inking a raft of new trade deals with Southeast Asian neighbours, and Malaysia hopes the pungent fruit will help build bridges in Asia and beyond. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/17/d...

In January, scientists are headed to Antarctica to study whether or not we could put a giant curtain to stop the Doomsday glacier from breaking down. #climate #Geoengineering Great piece by @gloriadickie.bsky.social for @mongabay.com. news.mongabay.com/2025/09/scie...

This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.

Honoured to have won in the Natural World category for my @reuters.com feature on the troubling link between climate change and volcanic eruptions. Thanks to the judges for their kind words, and congrats to all the other winners! 🌋

‘You’re going about your day and suddenly see a little Godzilla’: Bangkok reckons with a giant lizard boom