Articles by Sophie Manson

Sophie Manson is a biologist and reporter who studied at the University of Bristol in the UK. She has experience studying sharks, tenrecs, and tropical fruitflies, and most recently worked as Project Manager of the Limpopo Dwarf Mongoose Research Project, where she currently works as part of the UK-based team.

‘Landscape of fearlessness’: bushbuck emboldened following top-predator decline in Mozambique

by Sophie Manson 6 May 2019

The ‘landscape of fear’ is not a new term among biologists. From the now-iconic study of how elk and bison gradually adjusted their vigilance levels after wolves were reintroduced into…

Ascension, the Atlantic ‘Galápagos,’ to get massive marine reserve

by Sophie Manson 27 March 2019

In a remote spot in the South Atlantic, roughly 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) from the coast of West Africa, lies Ascension Island, one of the U.K.’s Overseas Territories. In January…

Something smells fishy: Scientists uncover illegal fishing using shark tracking devices

by Sophie Manson 7 March 2019

In April 2015, researchers headed out to the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to service acoustic receivers they had dotted around the archipelago, and to download tag data from…