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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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Spoorthy Raman’s Biography

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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

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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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Report reveals Cambodia’s appetite for tigers, rhinos and other endangered wildlife

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Illegal wildlife trade, primarily catering to Chinese nationals, is thriving in Cambodia, according to a new undercover investigation by Earth League International, a U.S.-based NGO fighting environmental crime. Investigators identified five kingpins allegedly running transnational criminal networks in Cambodia that are involved in wildlife smuggling, human and drug trafficking and operate scam centers that defraud targets of money.
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How birders in Chad ‘found’ the rusty lark, a bird lost to science for nearly a century

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By Spoorthy Raman Verified
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In February, French ornithologists and their Chadian colleagues spotted a bird not seen, heard or recorded by scientists in nearly a century while surveying water birds in Chad’s wetlands. The team, which included birders Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard, photographed the rusty lark, a wetland species native to the Sahel, producing the first images of this mysterious bird.
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Official tied to commercial breeding to represent US at global wildlife trade meeting

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Jennifer Chatfield, a top regulator at the U.S. Interior Department, will reportedly head the country’s delegation at the upcoming meeting of CITES, the global wildlife trade treaty, sources told Mongabay. The Animals Committee, a scientific body that influences regulations on wildlife trade, is meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on July 13-17. Delegations from 184 signatory nations and the EU will attend, along with NGOs and pro-trade organizations.
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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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