Bernardo Araujo

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Bernardo Araujo is a science journalist based in Brazil. After spending the first half of his professional life involved in research in paleoecology and conservation — work that led to his PhD in ecology — he started working as a freelance journalist and science communicator in 2018. His writing has been featured in outlets such as Mongabay, ((o))eco, Earth Island Journal, and O Globo’s math and science blog. He’s also worked as a translator for science and news articles. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, running and bouldering in the standing remnants of the Atlantic Forest. He also loves writing fiction of questionable quality.

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Building a pergola at the entrance to the Cocotá Agroforest, 2023. Image courtesy of Cocotá Agroforest collective.

Rio’s grassroots agroforestry sustains birds, bees & communities

Bernardo Araujo 13 Aug 2024

A Spix’s macaw at São Paulo Zoo in Brazil. The species’ return to its native habitat, from which it was declared extinct, has been bittersweet: the rewilding program has been a technical success, but bureaucratic wrangling threatens to stall future releases. Image courtesy of São Paulo Zoo. Used in article 'Institutional conflict puts successful Spix’s macaw reintroduction at risk'.

Institutional conflict puts successful Spix’s macaw reintroduction at risk

Bernardo Araujo 16 Jul 2024

Spix’s macaws in a specially built enclosure at São Paulo Zoo in Brazil. The zoo currently holds 27 of the birds, with a maximum capacity of 44. But this on its own wouldn’t be enough to supply the rewilding target of 20 birds per year. Image courtesy of São Paulo Zoo. Used in article 'For ‘extinct’ Spix’s macaw, successful comeback is overshadowed by uncertainty'

For ‘extinct’ Spix’s macaw, successful comeback is overshadowed by uncertainty

Bernardo Araujo 15 Jul 2024

Bird populations are mysteriously declining at an Amazon park in Ecuador & beyond

Bernardo Araujo 16 May 2024

Brazil takes pioneering action — and a vaccine — to rewild howler monkeys

Bernardo Araujo 10 May 2024

Rising temperatures threaten the tiny animals responsible for groundwater quality

Bernardo Araujo 18 Mar 2024

Night light, habitat loss & pesticides threaten Brazil’s bioluminescent insects

Bernardo Araujo 1 Mar 2024

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