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Katherine Harmon Courage is the executive editor at Nautilus.

Katherine Harmon Courage

Zoology

Some Dogs Can Learn New Linguistic Tricks

Sara Kiley Watson is a climate and science journalist currently based in the Netherlands.

Sara Kiley Watson

How Rodents Spread Across the Earth

Rob Dunn is an evolutionary biologist at the North Carolina State University where he studies species we interact with every day but tend to overlook—including those that live in our belly buttons. He is the author of several books, including Every Living Thing, The Man Who Touched His Own Heart, and The Call of the Honeyguide.

Rob Dunn

We Owe It All to Figs

Shark Teeth Are Crumbling

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Liz Lindqwister is a writer originally from Peoria, Illinois. Her reporting on tech, culture, and history has appeared in the San Francisco Standard, STANFORD Magazine, the Library of Congress, and Vox’s Today Explained. A historian by training, Lindqwister holds degrees in early American studies from Stanford University and Cambridge University.

Liz Lindqwister

Where Will the Sloths Go?

Molly Glick is the newsletter editor of Nautilus.

Molly Glick

Wild Jaguars Caught in the Act

Christine Webb is an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at New York University, where she is part of the animal studies program. She is a broadly trained primatologist with expertise in social behavior, cognition, and emotion. She works with nonhuman primates in diverse settings and collaborates with scholars from the social sciences and humanities to reimagine the role of science in the growing charge to grant moral status to other animals. Her work has been covered by popular outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, and the BBC.

Christine Webb

Putting Humans First Is Not Natural

Gary Hartley is a writer and editor based in the U.K. Although his scientific training is in invertebrates, it’s far from his only interest. He likes to seek out under-reported aspects of biodiversity, farming, and fisheries.

Gary Hartley

In the Land of the Eyeless Dragons

When Ancient Sea Monsters Emerged

Katharine Gammon is a freelance science writer based in Santa Monica, California, who writes about environment, science, and parenting. You can find her on X (formerly known as Twitter) @kategammon.

Katharine Gammon

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