Rebecca Kessler

Rebecca Kessler is a senior editor at Natural History, where she edits features and the “Samplings” column. She also writes about science, the environment, and food for other publications. She has a background in botany and holds a master’s degree in science journalism from New York University.

Recent Stories

The way they live, the food they eat, and the effect on us

A true but unlikely tale

Story and Photographs by William Rowan

Increasing day length on the early Earth boosted oxygen released by photosynthetic cyanobacteria.

Genomic evidence shows that Denisovans and modern humans may have overlapped in Wallacea.