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Spoorthy Raman

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Covers:  Animal Behaviour, Climate Change, Environment, Physics, Astronomy, Technology and anything interesting in science!
Doesn't Cover: Stories that are no based on science but are mere speculations or at worst conspiracy theories
Science and Environment journalist | Staff Writer @ Mongabay | Barely on Twitter | Find me on Blue Sky @spoorthyraman.bsky.social or on LinkedIn

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I am a freelance science journalist based out of Toronto, Canada. For the last five years, I worked as the Founding Managing Editor at Research Matters, a science-news website from India. My beat includes everything science, and I write about published research, features, opinion pieces, science snippets and produce podcasts. I am also a columnist, writing a monthly column called 'Tailspin' talking about my journey with my pet dog and how science can help us raise our pets. My stories have been…

Spoorthy Raman’s Journalist Portfolio

Watch grizzly bears run on treadmills-and find out why they like hiking trails

Watch grizzly bears run on treadmills-and find out why they like hiking trails

If you've ever worried a bear might be after your picnic basket, you may want to take the hardest, hilliest t…

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What is at stake with India's first cheetah sanctuary?

What is at stake with India's first cheetah sanctuary?

If everything goes as planned over the year, the Kuno-Palpur National Park in Madhya Pradesh could become the…

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Dams spell doom for freshwater fish

Dams spell doom for freshwater fish

The picturesque mountains of the Western Ghats, with its pristine rivers and lush green forests, are a treat …

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What does it take to discover geckos?

What does it take to discover geckos?

On a warm summer evening in 2007, Dr Ishan Agarwal, a herpetologist, was scouting the hillocks of Rishi Valle…

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Vulture-toxic drugs linger

Vulture-toxic drugs linger

In a recent study, a team of researchers has found that the vulture-toxic drug diclofenac, now banned for vet…

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France to send its last captive orcas to marine park, not sanctuary

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By Spoorthy Raman 
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In May, the French government announced plans to send its last captive cetaceans — two orcas and 12 dolphins — to zoos and entertainment parks in Spain, sparking an outcry from animal welfare advocates. France had previously considered sending the marine mammals to an under-construction sanctuary in Canada, but decided to act more quickly because of deteriorating conditions at the shuttered Marineland Antibes park, where the animals are currently housed, according to a French official.
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Rhino-poaching suspect, repeatedly freed on bail, shot dead in South Africa

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By Spoorthy Raman 
| Mongabay
Alleged rhino-poaching kingpin Joseph “Big Joe” Nyalungu was shot dead by unknown assailants on May 16 near South Africa’s Kruger National Park, following a failed attempt on his life eight days earlier. Nyalungu, a former police officer, faced more than 40 counts of rhino horn trafficking from 2016-2019 alone, and was allegedly responsible for killing thousands of rhinos in South Africa’s Greater Kruger Area.
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ANDA - Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais

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By Spoorthy Raman 
| ANDA - Agência de Notícias
Foto: Ministério do Meio Ambiente A Polícia Nacional do Equador prendeu três cidadãos tailandeses em 19 de maio de 2026, no Aeroporto Internacional José Joaquín de Olmedo, em Guayaquil, sob suspeita de tráfico de animais silvestres. Doze iguanas marinhas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), endêmicas das Ilhas Galápagos, foram apreendidas. Os répteis foram encontrados dentro de bolsas, com as patas firmemente amarradas.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing about the bats of the Western Ghats in India.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

How is social media changing news?

Its bringing news rapidly to people's fingertips at the cost of detailed reporting and clickbaiting

Awards

AAAS-EurekAlert! Fellowship for International Science Reporters

2019 - Science Reporting

An annual fellowship awarded by AAAS-EurekAlert! for early-career science reporters from around the world

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Asian Scientist Science Writing Prize

2017 - Science Writing

Merit Prize for science writing awarded to science writers from Asia

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