Last week the @biographic.bsky.social team learned that, owing to an ongoing deficit, the California Academy of Sciences will no longer provide us with financial support. We're reaching out to foundations that support environmental journalism. We've got plans, we just need some help!

🌏 This #EarthDay, we're revisiting Katarina Zimmer's interview with linguist David Harrison, who has studied nature-centric Indigenous languages all over the world. “If we’re willing to be humble enough to learn from Indigenous people,” Harrison says, “what they know could help save the planet.”

Allow me to introduce you to the palolo worm. This marine critter is known for its spectacular spawning events that happen on one single night every year, making a lasting mark on many Indigenous cultures in the southwestern Pacific. For @biographic.bsky.social: www.biographic.com/the-moon-of-...

Across the southwestern Pacific, sea worms spawn in concert at the same time each year--anchoring ecological calendars and even shaping communities' sense of time. by @katarinazimmer.bsky.social www.biographic.com/the-moon-of-...

It's always a delight to work with @katarinazimmer.bsky.social, and this story checks all the boxes for me as an editor: ✅ Weird invertebrate with fascinating biology ✅ Traditional ecological knowledge that matters in the modern world ✅ Pacific Islands culture ✅ Myths and symbolism

Our distant ancestors self-sufficiently produced their own proteins. Then the started getting them by eating other organisms. For plant-eaters, meeting their needs is a challenge, but evolution pulled some neat tricks, writes @katarinazimmer.bsky.social : buff.ly/cHd8rPl

A blend of chem & molbiol techns are enabling archaeologists to mine ancient sediments for clues about the people who once lived there. New @nature.com, @katarinazimmer.bsky.social reports on the molecular fossils enriching archaeology. www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪cc @benmarwick.bsky.social

It was a pleasure speaking with Jorge Cham for iHeartRadio's #ScienceStuff podcast about the perils of AI-generated animal imagery. While this content may seem cute and harmless, I argue they could have real consequences for our relationship with other species: www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...

Great read! Congratulations @katarinazimmer.bsky.social on your insightful @knowablemag.bsky.social piece exploring the remarkable biology of the Aedes aegypti #mosquito knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Aedes aegypti is the “perfect mosquito”... to spread disease. Dengue, chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever, kill tens of thousands of people in tropical countries every year. And experts worry it could get worse. More, by @katarinazimmer.bsky.social for @knowablemag.bsky.social 👇

Farmers in Gabon notice that elephants sometimes eat the leaves and stems of banana and papaya plants while leaving the nutritious fruit behind. Why? New evidence shows the elephants may be taking advantage of plants' medicinal properties to treat parasites. Read more:

The most valuable illegally traded wildlife product is not tiger bone. Nor is it rhino horn, or pangolin scales. It's actually rosewood. For @mongabay.com I looked into new technologies - from AI to DNA metabarcoding - that could help end the rosewood heist: news.mongabay.com/2025/12/new-...

“It’s really easy to make a wolf, because wolves eat basically what their body looks like. Their diet mirrors their body. But it’s really, really hard to make a moose, because a moose’s diet does not.” How do plant-eaters get their protein fix? @katarinazimmer.bsky.social @knowablemag.bksy.social👇🧪

Early animals took an evolutionary risk: They gave up the ability to synthesize 9 of the 20 amino acids that living things need to make protein. Scientists are now learning how they ensure they get these amino acids from their diet. @knowablemag.bsky.social: knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

@jessehirsch.bsky.social Hi Jesse! Did you get my note about my plastics story?

AI-Generated Animals Are Distancing Us From Nature atmos.earth/science-and-... “I think that’s probably one of the biggest issues—that it gives the impression that actually the environmental messages are less serious than they actually are”, Gosler.

AI-generated imagery of animals may seem harmless, but experts worry that it could worsen the public's understanding of wildlife, harm conservation, and even erode people’s general interest in nature. Check out my latest for @atmosmag.bsky.social: atmos.earth/science-and-...

Lots of animals eat poisonous plants and critters and survive. How do they do it? I looked into this mystery in my latest for @knowablemag.bsky.social: knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

For many species threatened by sea level rise, translocation may be the only way to save them. Learn how conservationists are moving rare tree cacti and threatened seabirds to higher ground and helping entire marshes shift inland, in my latest for @nwf-south.bsky.social: www.nwf.org/Magazines/Na...

A rare piece of good news: New research reveals how the Ampurta - a small carnivorous Australian marsupial - is thriving despite drought conditions. My story for @nautil.us showcases its nifty drought-resisting tricks that made this feat possible nautil.us/deep-sleep-i...

The Big Bad Wolf is Afraid of You. Fascinating experiment on wild wolves in Poland. By me for @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/s...

Around the world, growing quantities of drugs are excreted by human bodies and slip, along with wastewater, into lakes and rivers. My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social explores how this is influencing the behavior, reproduction and biology of aquatic animals pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

There’s more to seed banks—efforts to preserve threatened plants—than simply storing the seeds safely, @katarinazimmer.bsky.social explains: buff.ly/tG23nqq

Writing a news story for Nature about the impacts of US government cuts to science on Canadian science and scientists. If you are a Canadian scientist affected by Trump's funding cuts to science or other impacts, please get in touch via my contact form: www.lesleyevansogden.com Please repost.

For a look at the latest techniques for keeping plant material for the future, cryopreservation among them, read @katarinazimmer.bsky.social's recent story. knowmag.org/3Zfy8w6

‘Lipstick on a pig’: how to fight back against a peer-review bully @nature.com @katarinazimmer.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

It was great to chat with @katarinazimmer.bsky.social for her important article on discrimination and microagressions in peer review. Without system-wide changes, we must rely on individual action - if you experience this behaviour, inform the editorial team ✏️ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Thank you @katarinazimmer.bsky.social for interviewing me, along with many other experts, for this insightful piece "How Human Medicines Are Disrupting Aquatic Ecosystems" | ACS Central Science pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/....

Humans aren't the only animals that get irritable and angry when it's too warm. In this fun story for @sciencenews.bsky.social - which features an experiment dubbed "salamander fight club" - I unpack why many other animals respond the same way. www.sciencenews.org/article/anim...

Long-Form Feature Content > Consumer ☀️ ”For climate and livelihoods, Africa bets big on solar mini-grids” | Victoria Uwemedimo and @katarinazimmer.bsky.social

Great to see an old piece of mine making the rounds again, where I explain why the Amazon rainforest does not produce 20% of the world's oxygen. (In fact, the Amazon’s net contribution to the oxygen we breathe likely hovers around zero!) www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...

“Noise exposure has also been linked to a range of long-term health effects, including heart disease and diabetes – and noise-sensitive people may suffer the most from mental health impacts.” ✍️ @katarinazimmer.bsky.social, BBC Future www.bbc.com/future/artic...

BBC Future let me write about how much I hate noise, and what being "noise sensitive" does to our health: www.bbc.com/future/artic...

‘We have committed ourselves to this toxicity’ Article about some of our work on microplastic, including the toxicity debt hypothesis By @katarinazimmer.bsky.social cen.acs.org/environment/...

I love learning about new scientific theories - like whether the fungi that inhabit our bodies could be influencing our minds and brains. My latest for BBC Future: www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Hi! I’m a freelance reporter writing a story for Nature Careers about bullying during peer review & solutions to the issue, and am looking to speak with folks who have personal experiences. If you have a story you'd like to share, please write to me at [email protected]. Thanks so much!

I had such fun writing this recent article for @knowablemag.bsky.social about the latest advances in light microscopy and all the surprising new things we're now learning about cells. Check out the beautiful images! knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Help a reporter (and her editor) out? If you've dealt with #AcademicBullying during #PeerReview, please reach out to Katya👇🏻

Hi! I’m a freelance reporter writing a story for Nature Careers about bullying during peer review & solutions to the issue, and am looking to speak with folks who have personal experiences. If you have a story you'd like to share, please write to me at [email protected]. Thanks so much!

Learn more about the surprisingly tricky art of seed banking with @katarinazimmer.bsky.social's recent report: knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

“Proving that fish are evolving is tricky, especially in the wild, as it requires long-term tracking of the animals’ genes. But experiments show that fishing does disproportionately target individuals with certain traits.” ✍️ @katarinazimmer.bsky.social @nautil.us nautil.us/how-fishing-...

In the early 1990s, a small team tried to survive in a hermetically sealed space containing replicas of Earth's ecosystems. Their trials and discoveries still have repercussions today, I report for BBC Future: www.bbc.com/future/artic...

"Bibliotherapy" - prescribing people books to help treat mental health conditions - is soaring in popularity. But does it work? I dug into this surprisingly complex question for BBC Future: www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

@bbmwong.bsky.social Hi! I'm a reporter hoping to get in touch for a story related to your 🐟 research. What's the best way to reach you? Thanks!

Fish with certain body types and behaviors are more likely than others to get caught. Over time, fishing can gradually change the makeup of the remaining population—and over many generations, it could even influence evolution. My latest for @nautil.us: nautil.us/how-fishing-...

Trees “remember” their past and use this information to prepare for future conditions. For instance, frequently experiencing drought encourages trees to transform their canopies in ways that make them more drought-resistant, new research shows. My latest: www.sciencenews.org/article/tree...

Fishermen like to catch large– and hence old – fish. That can have surprising effects, like a recent collapse of herring migration along Norway’s coast. Turns out it's these old individuals that guide young herring on migrations, new research shows. Me for @nautil.us: nautil.us/how-these-fi...

Scientists have long thought of evolution as a long, incremental process that takes millions of years, but they're increasingly finding evidence for "rapid evolution"- offering hope that species can adapt to rapid change. Me for @nwf-south.bsky.social's magazine: www.nwf.org/Magazines/Na...

Microplastics are permeating the world’s soils - and having noticeable effects on animal health, plant growth, and even carbon storage and the evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Read more in my interview with Matthias Rillig of @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...