Come to Saving Life on Earth: Words on the Wild and read about a bold new project, BioAlfa, that proposes to use DNA barcoding to identify Costa Rica’s million- plus species.
My latest Mongabay post about the new organization Lonely Conservationists
Feeling lonely and isolated? Conservationists feel that way most of the time.
Read more in Overworked, underpaid and lonely: Conservationists find a new community online about the struggles of young environmental workers and the new organization that is providing moral support.
My article for The Guardian – Lethal algae blooms – an ecosystem out of balance
My recent piece – Lethal algae blooms – an ecosystem out of balance – published on The Guardian looks around the globe, from the United States to the Baltic and beyond, as toxic algae formations are part of a concerning trend linked to farming practices and our climate crisis.
My Blog on The Guardian – Radical Conservation
From 2015 to 2018, I wrote my Radical Conservation blog for The Guardian.
My Blog at Mongabay – Saving Life on Earth: Words on the Wild
I am currently writing a monthly column for Mongabay called Saving Life on Earth: Words on the Wild. The column focuses on innovative conservation, little-known species, and other topics.
My First Book – Life is Good: Conservation in an Age of Mass Extinction
In 2011 , I was lucky enough to publish a series of essays from my time at Mongabay, titled Life is Good: Conservation in an Age of Mass Extinction. The compilation received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly. The review praises the book, saying “Overall, the collection manages to raise environmental alarms without falling into hopeless predictions of doom. And Hance urges a knowledge- and science-based approach to conservation, while also exhorting readers to allow themselves to feel a sense of awe when interacting with other creatures.”
Check out my rhino article in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2019
New York Times best-selling author Sy Montgomery edited the latest edition of this popular book series. It is a huge honor to have my Mongabay piece The Great Rhino U-Turn selected for this prestigious anthology.
Insects are disappearing, and I wrote (a lot) about it
In my four-part series for Mongabay, I interviewed 24 entomologists and researchers on six continents working in over a dozen nations to determine what we know regarding the mass loss of insects across the globe.
Part One – The Great Insect Dying: A global look at a deepening crisis
Part Two – The Great Insect Dying: Vanishing act in Europe and North America
Part Three – The Great Insect Dying: The tropics in trouble and some hope
Part Four – The Great Insect Dying: How to save insects and ourselves
Leslie Knope and I will tell you: National Parks are important
My Mongabay piece on a new study that finds that living near a protected park in the developing world has remarkable benefits, however, there are untold pieces of this complicated story.
A few of my thoughts on the challenges of the upcoming generation
My commentary for Mongabay It’s Generation Climate.