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Science journalist at NPR covering global health. MN-expat | Signal @jonlambert.12 | He/him.

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I am an evolutionary biologist turned science journalist, eager to make sense of how science intersects with society. In April 2023 I joined The Messenger — a news startup launching in May 2023 — after it acquired Grid, where I covered public health. Before that, I was a staff writer at Science News covering biology. My work has appeared in Quanta Magazine, NPR, Nature News, Scientific American and Wired.

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Polar Bear Study Shows How to Close Major Loophole in Endangered Species Act

Polar Bear Study Shows How to Close Major Loophole in Endangered Species Act

Scientists directly tied emissions to polar bear decline, opening the door for regulators to consider how fos…

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Coastal Ecosystems May 'Drown' As a Result of Sea Level Rise

Coastal Ecosystems May 'Drown' As a Result of Sea Level Rise

Limiting global warming to under 2 degrees Celsius could help save many of these ecosystems, the research fou…

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Emperor Penguins Seen Leaving Chicks To Freeze as Antarctic Sea Ice Melts

Emperor Penguins Seen Leaving Chicks To Freeze as Antarctic Sea Ice Melts

A new study found 4 out of 5 penguin colonies along a stretch of the Antarctic coast produced no chicks in 20…

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Scientists Spy Thousands of Octopuses at Deep Sea 'Nursery'

Scientists Spy Thousands of Octopuses at Deep Sea 'Nursery'

Thousands and thousands of pearl octopuses nest at a hydrothermal vent off the coast of California, new study…

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Color-Changing Fish Can 'See' Using Its Skin: Study

Color-Changing Fish Can 'See' Using Its Skin: Study

But instead of looking at their surroundings, the skin likely sees its own color

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Fire And Climate Change Drove Ice Age Extinctions In California

Fire And Climate Change Drove Ice Age Extinctions In California

Tar pits around the city offer up fossil records that provide a stark warning for today's Californians

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A promising tale from Senegal of fish, rice .... and dangerous worms

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By Jonathan Lambert Verified, Rolando Arrieta
| KWMU-FM (St. Louis, MO) Verified
Momy Seck Ndao has been planning for this day for months. The environmental engineer is standing beside two swimming-pool sized ponds, each lined with a black tarp and full of hundreds of tilapia. Two of her colleagues trudge through the pond in waders, trying to corral the fish with a net. "For this project, we need a lot of tilapia, about 1,900," says Ndao, as she eyes the horizon. They're in a race against the rising sun.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Working for Brains On, a science podcast for kids from American Public Media

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Via email.

Why did you become a journalist?

I love connecting people to the wonders that science reveals in the world around us.