Selected Recent Articles

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A Single Mexican Island May Be Our Best Hope for Saving Black Footed Albatrosses.” Audubon. Spring 2024.

“Meet the Economist Who Wants Us To Account for Nature.” MIT Tech Review. December 2023.

“How One Amateur Group Did What Law Enforcement Couldn’t: Solve Dozens of Cold Cases.” Popular Mechanics. October 2023.

“We’re Told To Forgive: What Does That Mean?” New York Times Book Review. April 2023.

“Decoded Secret Letters Reveal Royal Plot Against Queen Elizabeth.” National Geographic. February 2023.

“How Did Maine Lobster Get Cancelled?” Down East Magazine. November 2022.

“After the Zodiac Killer's '340' Cipher Stumped the FBI, Three Amateurs Made a Breakthrough.” Popular Mechanics. August 2022.

“Radical Communion: An Interview with Camille Dungy. Terrain.org. May 2022.

“The Strange Subculture of Maine’s Only 100-Mile Ultramarathon.” Down East Magazine. May 2022.

“Off the East Coast, a Massive Network of Wind Turbines is Coming—Along With New Risks for Migrating Birds.” Audubon Magazine. Spring 2022.

“Rags to Witches: Has Witch City Lost Its Way?” Boston Magazine. October 2021.

“The Air They Breathe: Residents have lived near more than 100 massive petroleum storage tanks for decades, never really knowing if they’re breathing in dangerous chemicals. Now they’re fighting to find out.” Boston Globe Sunday Magazine. June 2021.

“Shark Attacks in Maine Were Unthinkable — Until Last Summer.” Down East Magazine. June 2021.

“Maine’s Independent Voters Want Susan Collins to Stand Up To Her Party.” Politico. September 2020.

“New School Supplies in Maine: Downed Trees, Clipboards, Buckets and Tents.” US News & World Report. September 2020.

“Potato Farmers are Battered by Coronavirus.” US News & World Report. June 2020.

“The Women of Maine vs. Susan Collins.” Politico. May 2020.

“In Northern Maine, Canada Border Closure Cuts Off Economic Life Blood.” U.S. News & World Report. April 2020.

“A Tiny Island Tries to Shut Out The Virus.” Politico. March 2020.

“This Pipeline Could Gut 100 Years of Safeguards for Federal Parks.” Politico. March 2020.

“A Boat Fire Killed 34 People, And We May Never Know Why.” Outside. February 2020.

“All Rise: Why One Community is Staying Put in the Face of Climate Change.” REI Uncommon Path. January 2020.

“Should Colleges Really Be Putting Smart Speakers In Dorms?” MIT Tech Review. December 2019.

“Is This Man a Victim?” Best American Sports Writing 2019.

Green Crabs are Maine’s Most Delicious Scourge.” Down East Magazine. September 2019.

An Overheating Gulf is Forcing Wildlife to Adapt — Or Move.” Audubon. Fall 2019.

“Homeward Bound.” Down East Magazine June 2019

“Before His Murder, Ron Sanchez Sought Solace on the Appalachian Trail.” Outside Magazine. May 2019.

“Cause of Death: Selfie.” Outside Magazine. April 2019.

“Bitcoin is Eating Quebec.” MIT Tech Review. April 2018

"The Thieves Who Steal Sunken Warships, Right Down to the Bolts."  Outside.  May 2017

"Letter to America."  Terrain.org. January 2017.

"Marathon Man."  Down East. December 2016. 

"Spoiler Alert."  Pacific Standard. September 2016. 

"'When You Find My Body': The Last Days of Geraldine Largay."  Boston Globe Sunday Magazine. August 2016.