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2025

Resilience in Black Americans Spans Multiple Levels of Support | APS Observer, January 28

2024

Does Life’s Happiness Have a Shape? | Nautilus, December 30

Searching for ‘Dark Oxygen’ in One of the World’s Deepest Mines | Atlas Obscura, December 23

Do black holes really evaporate — and how do we know? | Live Science, December 22

Long Before Pantone, This Bird-Based System for Describing Color Was a Hit | Audubon, December 17

Winter Is the Perfect Time to Take Up Crow Watching | Audubon, December 10 (online, in print Winter 2024)

What’s the coastline paradox? | Live Science, November 11

10 Fun Facts About the Killdeer | Audubon, September 30

Ants may force insect-eating birds to higher ground | Science, September 25

Where Have All the Common Grackles Gone? | Audubon, September 18 (online, in print Fall 2024)

Our Morals Change with the Seasons | Nautilus, September 10

Dive Into 125 Years of Audubon Magazine Covers, Bird by Bird | Audubon, September 5

Head-banging bumble bees bite flowers to shake loose more pollen | Science, August 29

How to Keep Nest Boxes From Turning Lethal in Extreme Heat | Audubon, August 22

Do opposites really attract in relationships? | LiveScience, August 17

Why do you feel less hungry when it's hot out? | LiveScience, August 5

Komodo dragons have iron-coated teeth—never before seen in reptiles | National Geographic, July 26

The Unpredictability of Life | Nautilus, July 24

One Team’s Mission to Recover the Indigenous Names of Ontario’s Birds | Audubon, July 22 (online, in print Summer 2024)

Why giant Antarctic sea spiders are surprisingly good dads | National Geographic, June 13

Why is there sometimes a green flash at sunset and sunrise? | LiveScience, May 19

Why do earthquakes happen far away from plate boundaries? | LiveScience, May 13

Easing the Toll of Long-Distance Grief | Spanish translation | YES! Magazine, April 30

Why alien life might look purple | National Geographic, April 25

Cities Are Testing Birth Control to Solve Pigeon Problems | Audubon, April 15

Why aren’t all orbits circular? | LiveScience, March 16

Why Do Birds Incubate Rocks? | Audubon, March 14

This White Red-tailed Hawk Isn’t Just Gorgeous—It’s Also a Rare Scientific Opportunity | Audubon, March 12

How do insects know which flowers have pollen? | LiveScience, Feb 12

Shrinking Family Sizes May Change Our Experience with Aging | Scientific American, Jan 30

2023

Scienceline KIDS: Where Art Meets Science (art direction) | Scienceline, Dec 8

May 21, 2024: Scienceline KIDS announced as SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards national winner (Best Single-Issue Student Magazine)
May 7, 2024: NYU SHERP Students Connect Art and Science in Magazine Issue for Young Readers (Q&A interview) | The Open Notebook

How Do Birds Respond to Extreme Wildfire Haze? Project Phoenix Aims to Find Out | Audubon, Nov 15 (online, in print Winter 2023)

Welcoming Women of Color to the Outdoor World | Sierra, Oct 8

What happens when wildlife become social media sensations | Scienceline, Sept 18

Merlin is Magical, But It Still Makes Mistakes | Audubon, August 23

AI-generated Photos Take Advantage of These Optical Illusions — Here’s How to Stump Them | Inverse, June 19

Meant to Catch Spotted Lanternflies, Glue Traps Are a Horrifying Hazard for Birds | Audubon, March 29

How to grow fish from stem cells | Scienceline, March 7

Doctors with autism speak out against stigma | Scienceline (syndicated by Spectrum), March 4

Going back to Venus, eventually | Scienceline, Jan 4

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