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Katherine Latham

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Freelance journalist. Work published by the BBC, The Guardian, The Week Junior Science + Nature, Reasons To Be Cheerful, etc.

Writing about science & environment.

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Good at maths and into jazz: Nine extraordinary things you probably didn't know about sharks

Good at maths and into jazz: Nine extraordinary things you probably didn't know about sharks

Humans have more in common with these elite ocean predators than often thought. A little Miles Davis anyone?

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The twilight zone: Every night trillions of tiny creatures rise from the ocean depths

The twilight zone: Every night trillions of tiny creatures rise from the ocean depths

In the ocean's twilight zone, where the reach of the Sun fades to nothing, an epic migration begins every tim…

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'The deep sea will come to me': The blackwater diver who photographs the creatures of the deep

'The deep sea will come to me': The blackwater diver who photographs the creatures of the deep

When photographer Jialing Cai plunged into the ocean in the dead of night, she found creatures of the deep ha…

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'It's so chaotic': Humpback whales are forming super-groups

'It's so chaotic': Humpback whales are forming super-groups

On a misty morning in December, two photographers captured the images of 304 individual humpbacks - the highe…

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'We're constantly surprised': The strange deep-sea creatures that eat whales

'We're constantly surprised': The strange deep-sea creatures that eat whales

From bone-eating snot-flowers to snowboarding scale worms, when a whale dies it becomes a colossal island of …

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The lost languages of ancient humans: Listen to stone-age chat

The lost languages of ancient humans: Listen to stone-age chat

The fossilised bones of our ancestors remain silent. So, how can we possibly imagine what our earliest langua…

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Good at maths and into jazz: Nine extraordinary things you probably didn't know about sharks

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By Jocelyn Timperley Verified, Sofia Quaglia Verified, Katherine Latham
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By Jocelyn Timperley, Sofia Quaglia, Katherine Latham and Stephen Dowling14th July 2026 Humans have more in common with these elite ocean predators than often thought. A little Miles Davis anyone? S Sharks are among the Earth's original vertebrate predators. They (or their close ancestors) survived all five of Earth's major mass extinctions – including the largest and most devastating, the Permian-Triassic extinction, or the "Great Dying".
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Good at maths and into jazz: Nine extraordinary things you probably didn't know about sharks

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By Jocelyn Timperley Verified, Sofia Quaglia Verified, Katherine Latham, Stephen Dowling
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Hannes Klostermann/ Ocean Image Bank Humans have more in common with these elite ocean predators than often thought. A little Miles Davis anyone? Sharks are among the Earth's original vertebrate predators. They (or their close ancestors) survived all five of Earth's major mass extinctions – including the largest and most devastating, the Permian-Triassic extinction, or the "Great Dying". This cataclysmic climate event killed the majority of life on Earth, including around 90% of marine life.
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The twilight zone: Every night trillions of tiny creatures rise from the ocean depths Original

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By Katherine Latham7th July 2026 In the ocean's twilight zone, where the reach of the Sun fades to nothing, the world's largest migration begins every time night falls. It could also have an outsized effect on our climate. D During World War Two sonar technicians made an extraordinary discovery. The pings from their echo sounders reflected off what they thought must be the ocean floor.
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How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email - if I see something that interests me I’ll file it and may get back to you months later!

Why did you become a journalist?

I want to keep learning forever! And I want to do something that makes a difference - I believe spreading knowledge is important.

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

One on biodiversity and human health for The Guardian