Category: Featured stories

Genetic engineering may offer disease-plagued grapevines a lifeline, but the hurdles are high.

Wine Spectator, Dec. 15, 2010

Mountain lions are straying into more urban areas: Can the Bay Area’s big cats survive encroaching civilization?

San Francisco Chronicle, November 28, 2010

With the number of wild tigers at an all-time low, a new study warns that unless conservation managers redouble funds and efforts to protect tigers in the few places they can still thrive, we may lose the world’s largest cat.

National Geographic’s News Watch, September 2010

Wildlife biologist Pierre-Yves Quenette heads the French government’s efforts to restore the brown bear to the Pyrenees.

National Geographic’s News Watch, May 2010

Carole Meredith weighs in on genetic engineering of winegrapes.

Wines & Vines, Jan. 2010

Researchers long ago rejected the theory that vaccines cause autism, yet many parents don’t believe them. Can scientists bridge the gap between evidence and doubt?

PLOS Biology, May 2009

One of PLOS Biology’s hottest articles, with over 122,000 page views. Featured in longreads.com

How a state hunting policy pushed Washington’s big cats to the brink.

High Country News, April 2008

Highlighted in the Knight Science Journalism Tracker

Time and again, advancing civilization has set people against large carnivores. On the front lines of Washington State, wildlife biologists hope that knowledge can trump fear, and ultimately lead to detente.

PLOS Biology, Feb. 2008

Researchers say endocrine-disrupting chemicals can permanently harm the developing organism and may even promote obesity. But the chemical industry doesn’t want you to believe them.

PLoS Biology, June 2007
Featured in Salon’s How the World Works

A scientist hot on the trail of a breakthrough treatment for neurodegenerative diseases struggles to overcome the restrictions imposed by the US policy on stem cell research.

PLOS Biology, January 2007