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Rebecca Heisman

Rebecca Heisman is a freelance writer based out of Walla Walla, Washington. She worked in environmental education and wildlife biology before taking up writing, and especially loves birds. Follow her on Twitter at @r_heisman.

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Rebecca Heisman's Latest Articles

yellow-legged gulls
Spain’s Cliff-Nesting Gulls Are Actually Beach Bums

Almost a century ago, egg-poaching humans drove yellow-legged gulls away from beaches. Now the birds are coming back.

northern gannets
After the Outbreak

A northern gannet colony devastated by avian influenza is slowly recovering—and so are the researchers who witnessed the virus’s wrath.

A large and ancient juniper stands next to a trail in the Badlands Wilderness.
The Tree That Ate the West

Both native and invasive—protected and reviled—western junipers are a living contradiction.