REBECCA DZOMBAK
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 Russia’s invasion could cause long-term harm to Ukraine’s prized soil | Science News, July 2022 |  Florida's largest-ever python has been found | National Geographic, June 2022 |  Soil as art | Smithsonian Magazine, Jan. 2021 |
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 Dolphins whistle their names with complex, expressive patterns | Scientific American, November 2022 |  Ants outnumber humans 2.5 million to one—at least | The New York Times, September 2022 |  Destructive lionfish are invading Brazil | National Geographic, August 2022 |
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 A look inside the monumental effort to save the Andean condor | National Geographic, August 2022 |  Eelgrass is still reeling from the last Ice Age | Hakai Magazine, August 2022 |  Penguins are slow to evolve, making them vulnerable to climate change | National Geographic, July 2022 |
 The surprising consequences of a kelp switcharoo | Hakai Magazine, July 2022 |  Dolphins use their sense of taste to identify friends | National Geographic, May 2022 |  Oregon's intertidal zone may be approaching a tipping point | Hakai Magazine, April 2022 |
 Birds who build domed nests may be doomed | The New York Times, April 2022 |  Cannibalism is more ancient than once thought | The New York Times, March 2022 |  Toxic algae blooms plagued Maya society | Scientific American, April 2022 |
 First-ever photos of bobcat eating invasive python eggs show 'Everglades fighting back' | National Geographic, March 2022 |  Tiny burrowing owls find safer homes with the help of these scientists | National Geographic, Jan. 2022 |  Corals may store a surprising amount of microplastics in their skeletons | Science News, Nov. 2021 |
 Rare fossil captures ancient shrimp hiding inside a clam | National Geographic, Nov. 2021 |  New clues may explain the mysterious origins of the Falklands wolf | National Geographic, Oct. 2021 |  Flamingos dye their sun-faded feathers to stay pretty in pink | Science News, Oct. 2021 |
 Newfound ocean hotspot draws millions of migrating birds each year | Scientific American, Nov. 2021 |  Domestic horses' mysterious origins may finally be revealed | National Geographic, Oct. 2021 |  Plastics are making beaches hotter during the day and colder at night | Smithsonian Magazine, Oct. 2021 |
 These worms "hear" with their whole bodies, surprising scientists | National Geographic, Oct. 2021 |  How tides may have led to life as we know it | National Geographic, Sept. 2021 |  How a 310 m.y.o. horseshoe crab brain was fossilized | Science News, Aug. 2021 |
 Unprecedented Rocky Mtn. wildfires | Scientific American, Aug. 2021 |  Too much fertilizer during drought hurts crops | Civil Eats, Aug. 2021 |  A third of 'Corn Belt' topsoil is eroded | Smithsonian Magazine, Apr. 2021 |
 Hailstorms are hard to predict | Eos, May 2021 |  Only the chonky survive | Eos, Jan. 2021 |  Mapping Mars' ancient rivers | Massive Sci./NPR SciCommers, June 2021 |
 Black In Micro: From hastag to nonprofit | AWIS Magazine, Apr. 2021 |