Morgan Erickson-Davis

About

Morgan has been writing for Mongabay since 2008 and came on full-time in 2014. Trained in biology, Morgan has taken any available opportunity to learn more about the world, from working as a fisheries biologist aboard longliners and freighters in the South Pacific to evaluating river health in western Montana. Morgan spent eight years editing technical papers before jumping into journalism, with more than 50 manuscripts under her belt. Currently, she manages Mongabay's forests and global palm oil reporting programs.

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Weird and mysterious: scientists find new shark species

Long lives, big impacts: human life expectancy linked to extinctions

Ants plant rainforests, one seed at a time

Life finds a way: the surprising biodiversity of cities

Amphibian pandemic may have hit Madagascar, hundreds of species at risk of infection

A new face for palm oil? How a small co-op is changing the industry in Honduras

Collateral damage: new findings shed light on the full impact of commercial fishing

City lights threaten rainforests by deterring bats

The enemy of your enemy is your ant bodyguard: spider uses one predator for protection against another

Extinction crisis: rising sea levels will submerge thousands of islands

From seals to starfish: polar bears radically shift diet as habitat melts

Will yellow fever drive brown howler monkeys to extinction in Argentina?

The incredible shrinking salamander: researchers find another casualty of climate change

U.S. citizens willing to spend billions to protect monarch butterflies

Is 20 millions tons enough? Scientists recommend plastic crackdown as oceans choke

Court partially stops Japan’s ‘scientific’ whaling, but Pacific harvests to continue

Brief lives linked to Amazon biodiversity

Revealed for the first time: the surprising biodiversity of algae ‘reefs’

Those eyes look human: could anthropomorphism be used for conservation?

Researchers use new technique to shed light on endangered tapir

Alien trees use logging roads to invade Borneo forests

Sloths, moths and algae: a surprising partnership sheds light on a mystery

The power of connections: India to establish Asia’s largest protected forest

Ocean acidification dissolves algae, deafens fish

Sustainable timber in Tanzania experiences huge growth

American cougars on the decline: ‘We’re running against the clock,’ says big cat expert

Italy and Panama continue illegal fishing, says new report

Hyenas discovered in Armenia? Researchers find carcass, tracks

Agricultural innovation will reduce poverty, help stabilize climate change according to new report

Photos: Scientists race to protect world’s most endangered corals

Japanese firm is deadliest for marine life, says Greenpeace

Meat producers should replace cattle with insects, scientists say

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