Author

Ashley Braun

Ashley Braun, abraun3@gmail.com, is a Seattle-based writer specializing in environmental news, sustainable food, and the natural sciences. In addition to Natural History, she has written for Grist.org, OnEarth.org, and DeSmogBlog.com. While at the University of Notre Dame, she earned degrees in Environmental Sciences and Spanish. You can browse her writing at ashleybraun.com and follow her on Twitter @ashleybraun.

Recent Stories

Missing the Flight

Even at an early evolutionary stage, bird-like dinosaurs occupied different niches in the same ecosystem,

Galactic Beetle

Dung beetles use light from the MIlky Way to find their way

Return of the Wolf God

Recently identified subspecies ranges farther than first imagined: across Africa.

Blowing in the Wind

An archaeologist ponders the fate of Hoover Dam