Writing Samples
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News
A dolphin double whammy. January 11, 2021. Hakai Magazine.
NOAA approves plan to bring captive belugas to Connecticut. September 20, 2020. Hakai Magazine.
Reef manta reaches new record-breaking depths. July 22, 2020. Hakai Magazine.
Manta rays hit by boats more than previously thought. March 31, 2020. Hakai Magazine.
Small sea lions with big personalities. September 12, 2019. Hakai Magazine.
Sleeping endangered Galapagos sea lion I photographed back in 2006.
How did this pink manta ray get its color? February 11, 2020. National Geographic.
For manta rays, survival isn’t black and white. February, 2020. Hakai Magaazine.
When dolphin moms are fed by people, their babies suffer. August 16, 2019. Hakai Magazine.
Researchers may have an antidote for the deadliest jellyfish sting on Earth. April 30, 2019. Science Magazine.
Cannibalism is more common than thought in gray seals. April 24,2019. National Geographic.
“If gray seals had a police force, this guy would be locked up,” one researcher says.”
Abiotic amino acid found in subseafloor rocks. March 20, 2019. EARTH Magazine.
Easter Island inhabitants drank brackish water to survive. February 20, 2019. EARTH Magazine.
Head-Banging gopher tortoise shows why the species matters. April 20, 2018. National Geographic. includes original video footage*
One Ocean, Many Killer Whales. March 1, 2017. Hakai Magazine.
Features
Friend or Foes. November, 2022. Oceanograhpic Magazine; Issue 27.
Life on the Edge. January 2021. Vero Beach Portfolio Magazine.
The Dolphin Diaspora of Little Bahama Bank. October, 2019. Oceanographic Magazine; Issue 9.
Piecing together the big picture of coral reef health. March 4, 2019. EARTH Magazine.
Eyes in the sea: Swarms of floating robots observe the oceans. January 2, 2019. EARTH Magazine.
Cassini’s Legacy after two decades. September 15, 2017. EARTH Magazine.
Life-saving diplomacy: The Volcano Disaster Assistance Program at thirty. December 18, 2016. EARTH Magazine.
QandA Interviews
Down to Earth with: Geologist Robert Brinkmann. November 8, 2018. EARTH Magazine.
Down to Earth with: Highway Paleontologist Shane Tucker. July 27, 2018. EARTH Magazine.
Down to Earth with: Biochemist Stephen MacAvoy. May 26, 2017. EARTH Magazine.
Down to Earth with: Paleobiologist Gregory Erickson. September 22, 2017. EARTH Magazine.
Down to Earth with: Cave microbiologist Hazel Barton. August 4, 2017. EARTH Magazine.
Down to Earth with: Underwater cave explorer Jill Heinerth. December 2, 2016. EARTH Magazine.
Down to Earth with: Volcanologist Kayla Iacovino. October 28, 2016. EARTH Magazine.