Sofia Quaglia

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Journalist, Freelance

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Health, Science, U.S.

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Covers: Science, environment, animals

Award-winning freelance journalist covering all things science, nature and how we talk about them. Work in @nytimes @natgeo @guardian @newscientist

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Freelance journalist covering all things science and nature.

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Operation Atacama: The $1m cactus heist that led to a smuggler's downfall

After thousands of rare Chilean cacti were found in the house of an Italian collector, a years-long trial slo…

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Is this the end for Easter Island's moai statues?

Easter Island's famous moai statues are crumbling into the sea, forcing locals to face urgent decisions about…

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'If we can't fish any more, we're going to die': the volunteer sea patrols protecting precious Ph...

Dedicated groups called Bantay Dagat aim to conserve the abundant marine life surrounding their thousands of …

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'I saw them as monsters and man-eaters': Saving the world's rarest crocodile from its bad reputat...

It's known for its deadly bite, but the Philippine crocodile - thought to be the rarest in the world - has a …

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Inside the green construction job that workers are dying to leave

It was just before dawn as seven bulky men in T-shirts and sweatpants gathered in front of a towering glass b…

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How the brains of social animals synchronise and expand one another | Aeon Essays

Humans are not the only creatures that show a refined grasp of social norms. If a group of adult male rhesus …

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Buenos para las matemáticas y amantes del jazz: 8 rasgos extraordinarios que probablemente no sabías sobre los tiburones Original

Jul 14, 2026 |

By Jocelyn Timperley , Sofia Quaglia

| BBC Mundo

Fuente de la imagen, Hannes Klostermann/ Ocean Image Bank Pie de foto, Los tiburones sobrevivieron a la "Gran Extinción". Información del artículo Autor, Jocelyn Timperley, Sofia Quaglia, Katherine Latham y Stephen Dowling Título del autor, BBC Future Fecha de publicación 17 minutos Tiempo de lectura: 7 min Los seres humanos tenemos más en común con estos depredadores oceánicos de lo que a menudo se cree. Los tiburones figuran entre los depredadores vertebrados más antiguos de la Tierra.

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

Jul 14, 2026 |

By Jocelyn Timperley , Sofia Quaglia , Katherine Latham

| BBC

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

Jul 14, 2026 |

By Jocelyn Timperley , Sofia Quaglia , Katherine Latham, Stephen Dowling

| BBC

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.