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Rachel Becker

Rachel Becker is a freelance science journalist who writes about science, the environment, health, and technology. Her work appears in NOVA Next, National Geographic News and The Plate, Slate, Nature, Hakai, and others. Follow her on Twitter at @RA_Becks.@RA_Becks

Paul McKenzie's Latest Articles

March of the Flamingos

In the harsh, hot soda lakes of East Africa, flamingos thrive, and now scientists are beginning to understand how these birds live where other species die.

Hell-bent on Survival

Despite growing environmental threats, North America's largest—and weirdest—salamander fights on.

The Problem with Pythons

Burmese pythons are slowly, inexorably eating their way through Florida’s wildlife—is hunting them the answer?

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