
Articles by Claudia Geib
Claudia Geib is a science writer and editor based on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Claudia's work focuses on environmental, climate, and wildlife science, with a special focus on the ocean and marine animals. Her writing has appeared in National Geographic, NOVA, Hakai Magazine, Undark, Slate, and Atlas Obscura, among other publications. She was also a member of the production teams on the science films The Most Unknown and Picture A Scientist. You can find links to her work at her website: www.claudiageib.com
Claudia's deep-rooted love for science and nature sparked during her childhood on Long Island, spent exploring tide pools and scanning the horizon for whales. (On any given day, it's likely you still might find her doing either.) She holds bachelor's degrees in journalism and environmental science from Northeastern University, as well as a master's degree in science writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Claudia is honored to serve as the inaugural Sue Palminteri Wildtech Reporting Fellow, and to explore the fascinating, ever-growing ways that technology helps scientists and conservationists to protect threatened species and habitats, and to peer deeper than into nature's inner workings.
In her free time, you can find Claudia sailing, swimming, backpacking, and figuring out how to eat new plants she finds along the way.


Manatee deaths in Florida point to a global decline in seagrass ecosystems

New ecolabel will certify ‘Whale-Safe’ shipping companies and cruise lines

In Indonesia, an illegal leopard trade thrives out of sight, new study shows

Fake it till you save it? Synthetic animal parts pose a conservation conundrum

Canadian First Nation deploys ROV in push for stronger marine protection

An eye in the sky on deforestation: Q&A with Jean Jardeleza and Kim Carlson

Where to patrol next: ‘Netflix’ of ranger AI serves up poaching predictions

The turtle egg that pinged back: Tracing a poaching pathway in Costa Rica

The social network of coral reef fish: Q&A with ecologist Mike Gil

With the help of an app, Nunavut hunters document the changing Arctic

New tool alerts ships when whales are near. But will they slow down?

New artificial intelligence could save both elephant and human lives

Fishing for change: Local management of Amazon’s largest fish also empowers women

Spying on fear in the wild: Q&A with ecologist Meredith Palmer

For the Amazon’s rarest wild dog, deforestation is a very real threat
Special series
Forest Trackers
- Pasture replaces large tract of intact primary forest in Brazilian protected area
- Deforestation on the rise as poverty soars in Nigeria
- Refuge of endangered ‘African unicorn’ threatened by mining, poaching, deforestation
- Endangered chimps ‘on the brink’ as Nigerian reserve is razed for agriculture, timber

Oceans
- Indonesia cancels fisheries infrastructure projects in Maluku region amid lack of funds
- Murky provenance of a Chinese fleet clouds Madagascar shrimp fishery
- What’s popping? Humpbacks off South Africa, new acoustic study finds
- Fisher groups are the marine militia in Indonesia’s war on illegal fishing

Amazon Conservation
- Pasture replaces large tract of intact primary forest in Brazilian protected area
- Ecuador’s Pastaza province, Indigenous groups collaborate on forest conservation
- ‘Giving up’: Amazon is losing its resilience under human pressure, study shows
- Pharmaceutical water pollution detected deep in the Brazilian Amazon

Land rights and extractives
- Open-pit mining ban lifted in Philippine province, clearing way for copper project
- Ousted anti-mining mayor heads back to Philippine city hall after landslide win
- Thai gold mine blamed for sickening local villagers is set to reopen
- “Indigenous people are fighting to protect a natural equilibrium”: Q&A with Patricia Gualinga

Endangered Environmentalists
- Citizen participation: a key achievement at the first COP to the Escazú Agreement
- “We are on the front line”: Q&A with Indigenous land defender Adiela Jineth Mera Paz
- Death threats and friction with military force Guatemalan rangers to flee
- Amazon mining threatens dozens of uncontacted Indigenous groups, study shows

Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- From Flores to Papua: Meet 10 of Indonesia’s mangrove guardians
- Why I stand for my tribe’s forest: It gives us food, culture, and life (commentary)
- Reforesting a village in Indonesia, one batch of gourmet beans at a time
- Restoring Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem, one small farm at a time

Conservation Effectiveness
- In prioritizing conservation, animal culture should be a factor, study says
- Young forests can help heal tropical aquatic ecosystems: Study
- How sharing and learning from failures can transform conservation (commentary)
- Is planting trees as good for the Earth as everyone says?

Southeast Asian infrastructure
- In Laos, a ‘very dangerous dam’ threatens an ancient world heritage site
- Bali’s new highway project sparks concerns about agriculture and conservation areas
- Deforestation notches up along logging roads on PNG’s New Britain Island
- Plantations and roads strip away Papua’s forests. They’re just getting started
