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.

Sean Mowbray’s Contributions:

A island pokes up out of grey blue bay of water. At the front of the photo an old industrial site sits decrepit.

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

A small light brown baby fur seal in the centre of a green patch of short grass

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

8 harbour seals of various shades of brown and grey lay in a pile together some with their heads facing the camera and some laying face down

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

green blades of seagrass sit at the front of the photo with a bright blue open ocean in behind

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

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