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Executive editor, Animals, at @NatGeo. Also wildlife crime/trade investigative reporting. Pitches/tips/feedback: rachael.bale@natgeo.com
Feb 7, 2020 9 tweets 3 min read
Researchers in China are saying the pangolin is a "*potential* intermediary host" for coronavirus. bit.ly/31DB6vt /1 Few (no?) details are available about what that means, beyond what they said at a press conference this morning. bit.ly/38bfBoc /2
Apr 9, 2019 30 tweets 13 min read
Every year, a pair of mallard ducks visits @NatGeo to lay eggs and hang out in our courtyard fountain. @natashaldaly wrote about how they often lay eggs too early. bit.ly/2OWb3Jy mama mallard and chicks at Nat Geo fountain It's a constant source of stress for us. If/when the chicks do hatch, the mama marches them down K Street across busy streets. bit.ly/2P1pKLI
Jan 15, 2018 41 tweets 16 min read
Before I started working at @natgeo, I truly didn't realize that it was much more than a magazine and TV channel. 1/ I’ve been here a little more than two years, and every day I’m learning more about the historic things @natgeo has done. 2/
Oct 31, 2017 8 tweets 2 min read
Has anyone had @googledocs lock you out of a doc before? My draft of a story about wildlife crime was just frozen for violating their TOS. Weirdly, this is one of the more tame articles I've worked on recently. It's actually about legal, but ethically dubious activity.