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