Sean Mowbray Author bio Sean Mowbray is a freelance writer from Scotland. He often covers lesser-known species that fly under the conservation radar. His work has also appeared in Mongabay, New Scientist, Earth Island Journal, Discover magazine, and others.
Seagrass and Plastic Are Not Friends The year 2021’s hopeful optimism is 2024’s unfortunate reality. Jul 17, 2024 | 500 words, about 2 minutes
Peeling Back the Sediment Layers Pulling DNA out of buried sediment offers scientists a way to fight shifting baseline syndrome. Mar 8, 2023 | 600 words, about 3 minutes
What to Do When the Recovery of One Species Puts Another at Risk? In Antarctica, rebounding fur seals are threatening the frozen continent’s fragile flora. Nov 30, 2022 | 800 words, about 4 minutes
Facial Recognition—Now for Seals A neural network, trained using thousands of photos of harbor seals, offers a noninvasive way of telling seals apart. Jun 29, 2022 | 600 words, about 3 minutes
The Surprising Scale of the Seagrass Sanitation Service Millions of cases of potentially deadly gastroenteritis are prevented each year because of the pathogen-reducing powers of seagrasses. May 4, 2022 | 500 words, about 2 minutes