Carly Nairn

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An avid writer on wildlife, Carly Nairn is a freelance journalist based in San Francisco, California. She has published pieces with National Geographic, Earth Island Journal, and Guernica, among others.

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A Cao-vit gibbon in a tree.

Smaller population estimate underscores urgency of saving Cao-vit gibbon

Carly Nairn 27 Mar 2024

Seas of grass may be dark horse candidate to fuel the planet — or not

Carly Nairn 14 Jun 2023
Lagae and biofuel.

As Exxon bows out, industry takes step toward sustainable algae biofuels

Carly Nairn 9 May 2023
Eric Darragh, the co-director of Fire and Forestry for the Mid-Klamath Watershed Council, is pointing out burn sites  within the project area. Images by Carly Nairn.

Tribe and partners light up a forest to restore landscape in California

Carly Nairn 8 Nov 2022
A hawksbill sea turtle

Shell of a comeback: New app, awareness campaigns bring hope for hawksbill turtles

Carly Nairn 6 Apr 2022
lithium mine

At a disputed Native massacre site, tribes brace for a new, lithium-driven rush

Carly Nairn 23 Feb 2022

Online trade and pet clubs fuel desire for little-known Javan ferret badgers

Carly Nairn 26 Jan 2022

Mycoremediation brings the fungi to waste disposal and ecosystem restoration

Carly Nairn 15 Sep 2021

Playing the long game: ExxonMobil gambles on algae biofuel

Carly Nairn 6 Jul 2021
The binturong or bearcat (Arctictis binturong). Photographed in Cambodia by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

What is a binturong?

Carly Nairn 13 Oct 2016

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A group of young people in the forest in Kenema district, Sierra Leone. Image courtesy Sierra Leone Environment Matters.
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