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Jess Craig

Jess Craig is an independent journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya, covering science and the environment across Africa and the Middle East. In addition to her work as a journalist, she also works as an infectious disease epidemiologist focusing on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance.

Jess Craig's Latest Articles

Two eastern lowland gorillas (also known as Grauer’s gorillas) rest near each other in Kahuzi-Biega National Park. Known as the world’s largest living primates, these gorillas are critically endangered following decades of political upheaval in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photograph by Marcus Westberg
Gorillas in Their Midst

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, community-led conservation has emerged from the chaos of war, but the ghosts of colonialism still haunt locals trying to live with great apes.

A lone dragon’s blood tree in the Momi Valley of Socotra. Photograph by Neil Lucas
Saving the Dragon’s Blood

Despite a range of threats, from droughts and cyclones to goats and militarization, Socotra's iconic trees are staging a slow, patient comeback—with the help of the people who know them best.