Before I started working on this story, I had no idea that there were dolphins living just outside Rome. Well, turns out there are hundreds of them—and they are not doing well. www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

To figure out the tributaries and other spots where Yangtze finless porpoises formerly lived, researchers turned to ancient poetry (by @gennarotomma.bsky.social) 🧪 (Look at that cute faaaaace.)

Loved writing this story for NatGeo about the present and future of fireflies around the world 🌍 www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

*lightning strikes* Most living things: No thank you! These tropical trees: Yes, please! 🧪 (by @gennarotomma.bsky.social)

Can bees help mitigate the escalating human-elephant conflict around the world? I tried to answer this question in my first story for the BBC, speaking with experts, scientists and people working and living at the frontline of the conflict. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...