Roxanne Hoorn
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Featured Writing
Written Work
Atlas Obscura
Meet the Giant Salmon With a Weaponized Mustache
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Decoding the Sacred Genetics of Japan’s Sika Deer
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Why Clouds Vanish During Solar Eclipses
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Baby Sea Stars Are Voracious Predators That Might Just Save an Ecosystem
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The Weird and Wonderful World of Sex Under the Sea
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Could Fish Sex Be Keeping Floridians Up at Night?
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This Team of Indigenous Women Sculpts Stories in Snow
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New Species of Octopus Thrives in Deep Sea Nurseries
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Reindeer Can Sleep and Chew (Their Cud) at the Same Time
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New Clues Emerge About the Fluffy Dogs Once Bred for Their Wool
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Herds of Mysterious ‘Glacier Mice’ Baffle Scientists
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How Polka Dots Help African Penguins Stand Out From the Crowd
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North American Birds Will No Longer Be Named After People
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Explore the Insidious Secrets of This Haunted Dollhouse
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The Charming True Story of the Haunting ‘Lady in the Tree’
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Paleontologists in Peru Discover What Might Be the ‘Chonkiest Whale Ever’
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The Legend of Japan’s ‘Earthquake Fish’
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Get a Whiff of Ancient Egypt’s ‘Scent of Eternity’
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How Ancient Dart Launchers Changed the Game for Early Female Hunters
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Biologists Threw a Fluorescent Frog Rave in the Amazon, for Science
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Can We Swim With Whale Sharks Responsibly?
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The Living, Breathing Brooches of the Yucatán
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The Rise and Fall of the Mormon King of Beaver Island
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Mongabay
Indigenous knowledge guides the conservation of culturally important plants
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Hawaiian communities restore Indigenous conservation, from mountains to sea
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Mongabay: Indigenous land rights key to curbing deforestation and restoring lands: Study
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Good Times
​Human Composting is Coming to California
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History’s ‘The Art of Nature’ Exhibit Continues
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Homeowners Return to Unhealthy Conditions After Storms
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How Santa Cruz County is Caring for Storm Evacuee Pets
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The Mercury News
The Santa Cruz Local
The Florida Museum of Natural History