Breaking news from me: a glimmer of hope for the world's most endangered #rhinos. This is one of my final stories National Geographic and it features a gripping photograph by the talented Ami Vitale. nationalgeographic.com/science/articl…

A great piece from @HipXander on why your crawfish boil might be a little more expensive this year nationalgeographic.com/environment/ar…

It's been a hard week at Nat Geo. Thanks everyone for your support. I've been asked so want to clarify that I'm still accepting pitches. You can find my email in my bio, and I'm happy to answer any questions there as well.

I have a pretty high volume of pitches in my inbox right now, so I'm doing my best to send responses back asap, but bear with me!

What I look for in a pitch: -surprising, personally relevant, or just-plain-cool new science -smart takes on news moments Best format: -a one paragraph summary -a sentence on why this story matters/why readers should care -an eye-catching headline

Cases of brain-eating amoeba are on the rise, even here in the U.S., thanks to warmer temperatures. Original new reporting by Puja Changoiwala digs into what scientists are uncovering nationalgeographic.com/environment/ar…

ICYMI, Kieran Mulvaney reports on fascinating weather phenomena like how millions of acres of corn raised temps, air pollution caused a hurricane "drought" during the 70s/80s, and what a boom in tree plantations did to weather in the southeast nationalgeographic.com/environment/ar…

Biodiversiy is declining, yet we have limited knowledge about how that affects human well-being. My work linking bats, insecticide use, and human infant health is out today in Science (science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…), and tells a complex story about how those are connected.

I'd never heard of saltmarsh sparrows before editing this article, but that might be because they, and their coastal marsh habitat, are struggling to exist. You can read the bittersweet story of this little bird (& see amazing photos) here: nationalgeographic.com/environment/ar…

Last night I had a dream that I was at the beach when the Thwaites glacier melted all at once, and a series of giant tsunamis destroyed all habitable coastal regions.

Chilling to watch storms rapidly intensify like this nationalgeographic.com/environment/ar…

If anyone is as obsessed with TikTok's "spooky lake month" as I am, don't worry, I interviewed its creator Geo Rutherford, to ask her about her top 5 spooky lakes nationalgeographic.com/environment/ar…

someone on a journey to drink more water can literally never just drink it out of an average water glass

Researching a pitch and found some of the best headlines I've ever read

I don’t really dress up for Halloween anymore because nothing can top the homemade Queen Nefertiti costume I made when I was 12