Sarah Gilman
Staff
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Sarah Gilman’s Contributions:
The Waning Reign of the Wetland Architect We Barely Know (Hint: Not a Beaver)
Little-appreciated, semiaquatic, and cute-as-hell, muskrats can survive almost anywhere. So where are they?
Apr 23, 2024 | 3,900 words, about 20 minutes
In Defense of the Rat
Rats are less pestilent and more lovable than we think. Can we learn to live with them?
Sep 26, 2023 | 5,700 words, about 28 minutes
Keeping Watch Over Seabirds at the World’s Edge
In Alaska, one of the longest-running and most comprehensive seabird monitoring projects is equal parts tedium, adventure, truth, and beauty.
Jan 5, 2021 | 5,900 words, about 29 minutes
The Island That Humans Can’t Conquer
A faraway island in Alaska has had its share of visitors, but none can remain for long on its shores.
Oct 6, 2020 | 2,600 words, about 13 minutes
Ocean Change Written into Bird Bodies
Analyzing the remains of collected and salvaged seabirds suggests a changing Bering Sea ecosystem.
Nov 25, 2019 | 1,200 words, about 6 minutes
The Rat Spill
A tiny Alaskan island faces a threat as deadly as an oil spill—rats.
Aug 13, 2019 | 4,400 words, about 22 minutes
No Happy Ending for the Vaquita
A last-ditch effort to save the vaquita has ended in tragedy.
Nov 14, 2017 | 1,400 words, about 7 minutes
Avoiding Extinction
Giving Mexico’s rarest porpoise, the vaquita, a fighting chance in the face of poverty, corruption, and greed.
Sep 20, 2017 | 4,800 words, about 24 minutes
The Clam That Sank a Thousand Ships
These infamous clams are invading new areas, buoyed by climate change and the 2011 tsunami in Japan.
Dec 5, 2016 | 3,500 words, about 18 minutes