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Cara Giaimo

Cara Giaimo is a freelance science writer based in Somerville, Massachusetts, and the co-author of Atlas Obscura: Wild Life.

The Sex Problem with Sea Turtles

Fewer male sea turtles are being born. What does that mean for the future?

November 11, 2024

The Women Who Found Liberation in Seaweed

How a shared love of algae got a community of women hooked on marine science.

March 27, 2024

The World’s First Known Deep-Sea Octopus Nursery

What happens after a discovery hatches.

September 29, 2023

What an Artist Sees in the Deep Sea

Carlos Hiller paints the astonishing life of seamounts.

August 15, 2023

How to Pull Off a Socially Distanced Deep-Sea Mission

Early in the pandemic, the ocean research vessel Falkor ended up going on an unplanned, month-long journey into the depths of the Australian sea—led by scientists who never set foot onboard.

October 21, 2020

There’s a World Living on Every Loggerhead

Scientists from Darwin on have marveled at how these sea turtles transport other species across the ocean. New research suggests they're even better at it than we thought.

July 24, 2020