Annie Roth
@annieroth.bsky.social
Journalist, filmmaker & children's author focused on science & nature. Words in NYT, Nat Geo & more.
🎥 Hellbent (2023)
📖 Amazing Oceans (2023)
🎥 Little Penguin Love Island (2024)
📖 Earth's Incredible Habitats: Ocean (2025)
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🎥 Hellbent (2023)
📖 Amazing Oceans (2023)
🎥 Little Penguin Love Island (2024)
📖 Earth's Incredible Habitats: Ocean (2025)
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Annie Roth
@annieroth.bsky.social
· Mar 11
My latest children's book is here! Available online and in stores.
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I'm looking for animal studies to cover again! Hit me up!
January 7, 2026 at 8:19 PM
I'm looking for animal studies to cover again! Hit me up!
Does anyone have an update on the orcas at the abandoned aquarium in France? Are they still there?
January 27, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Does anyone have an update on the orcas at the abandoned aquarium in France? Are they still there?
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Moooving on to less annoying news..
For the first time, scientists have documented a cow using a tool.
“(Their) discovery not only shows that cows are smarter than we think they are, but also that other cows could develop similar skills, given the chance.”
By Annie Roth via
National Geographic
For the first time, scientists have documented a cow using a tool.
“(Their) discovery not only shows that cows are smarter than we think they are, but also that other cows could develop similar skills, given the chance.”
By Annie Roth via
National Geographic
Watch Veronika the brown cow pick up a rake to scratch herself—a scientific first
Veronika the cow has learned to scratch herself with deck brushes and other tools. Scientists took note.
www.nationalgeographic.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Moooving on to less annoying news..
For the first time, scientists have documented a cow using a tool.
“(Their) discovery not only shows that cows are smarter than we think they are, but also that other cows could develop similar skills, given the chance.”
By Annie Roth via
National Geographic
For the first time, scientists have documented a cow using a tool.
“(Their) discovery not only shows that cows are smarter than we think they are, but also that other cows could develop similar skills, given the chance.”
By Annie Roth via
National Geographic
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Scientists have "a new way to help control crown-of-thorns starfish—one that co-opts the animals’ own communication systems to lure them to their deaths. "
www.biographic.com/how-to-kill-...
Australians “have been fighting against [COTS] for 50 years,” Cummins says. “It’s an exciting time.”
www.biographic.com/how-to-kill-...
Australians “have been fighting against [COTS] for 50 years,” Cummins says. “It’s an exciting time.”
How to Kill a Million Sea Stars - bioGraphic
Synthetic pheromones offer a promising new means of controlling troublesome crown-of-thorns starfish.
www.biographic.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Scientists have "a new way to help control crown-of-thorns starfish—one that co-opts the animals’ own communication systems to lure them to their deaths. "
www.biographic.com/how-to-kill-...
Australians “have been fighting against [COTS] for 50 years,” Cummins says. “It’s an exciting time.”
www.biographic.com/how-to-kill-...
Australians “have been fighting against [COTS] for 50 years,” Cummins says. “It’s an exciting time.”
The scientific illustration for this paper is sending me. Post your best caption below
phys.org/news/2026-01...
phys.org/news/2026-01...
Chimpanzees are better at solving resource dilemmas in larger, more tolerant groups
Despite being one of the most cooperative species on the planet, humans routinely fail to manage shared resources sustainably. We overfish from the oceans, burn fossil fuels, and over-prescribe antibi...
phys.org
January 22, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The scientific illustration for this paper is sending me. Post your best caption below
phys.org/news/2026-01...
phys.org/news/2026-01...
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How to Kill a Million Sea Stars
Synthetic pheromones offer a promising new means of controlling troublesome crown-of-thorns starfish.
www.biographic.com/how-to-kill-...
Synthetic pheromones offer a promising new means of controlling troublesome crown-of-thorns starfish.
www.biographic.com/how-to-kill-...
How to Kill a Million Sea Stars - bioGraphic
Synthetic pheromones offer a promising new means of controlling troublesome crown-of-thorns starfish.
www.biographic.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:11 PM
How to Kill a Million Sea Stars
Synthetic pheromones offer a promising new means of controlling troublesome crown-of-thorns starfish.
www.biographic.com/how-to-kill-...
Synthetic pheromones offer a promising new means of controlling troublesome crown-of-thorns starfish.
www.biographic.com/how-to-kill-...
I'm looking for animal studies to cover again! Hit me up!
January 7, 2026 at 8:19 PM
I'm looking for animal studies to cover again! Hit me up!
For my latest NatGeo story, I traveled to Guam to watch scientists from the California Academy of Sciences dive a whopping 330 feet to sample a reef in the oceans mesophotic zone. What they found was astounding!
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
In the ocean's 'twilight zone,' divers risk their lives in search of mysteries
For deep reef divers, descending into the ocean’s mesophotic layer can feel like exploring the moon. Discovering never-before-seen marine species is part of the mission.
www.nationalgeographic.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
For my latest NatGeo story, I traveled to Guam to watch scientists from the California Academy of Sciences dive a whopping 330 feet to sample a reef in the oceans mesophotic zone. What they found was astounding!
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
I know it’s 90’s night, but if I don’t hear t.A.T.u’s 2002 smash hit “All The Things She Said” tonight at the Shark Tank I’m gonna be so sad #SJSharks
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I know it’s 90’s night, but if I don’t hear t.A.T.u’s 2002 smash hit “All The Things She Said” tonight at the Shark Tank I’m gonna be so sad #SJSharks
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No one has ever photographed a will-'o'-the-wisp, and their origins have been shrouded in mystery. Until now! @annieroth.bsky.social has the spooky season tale for @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/environment/... #halloween #spookyseason #chemsky
Spooky will-o’-the-wisps finally explained
A newly discovered molecular phenomenon is responsible for the spectral balls of light seen in swamps and cemeteries
cen.acs.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
No one has ever photographed a will-'o'-the-wisp, and their origins have been shrouded in mystery. Until now! @annieroth.bsky.social has the spooky season tale for @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/environment/... #halloween #spookyseason #chemsky
cen.acs.org/environment/...
At long last, scientists have figured out what causes will-o’-the-wisps. It’s not ghosts or ghouls, but a newly discovered phenomenon called “microlightning.” Learn more in my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social
At long last, scientists have figured out what causes will-o’-the-wisps. It’s not ghosts or ghouls, but a newly discovered phenomenon called “microlightning.” Learn more in my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social
Spooky will-o’-the-wisps finally explained
A newly discovered molecular phenomenon is responsible for the spectral balls of light seen in swamps and cemeteries
cen.acs.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
cen.acs.org/environment/...
At long last, scientists have figured out what causes will-o’-the-wisps. It’s not ghosts or ghouls, but a newly discovered phenomenon called “microlightning.” Learn more in my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social
At long last, scientists have figured out what causes will-o’-the-wisps. It’s not ghosts or ghouls, but a newly discovered phenomenon called “microlightning.” Learn more in my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social
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AWS is (reportedly) the company behind Project Blue, the huge data center that's going forward outside Tucson, AZ, despite community opposition.
Read all about it in my @theguardian.com feature.
#awsoutage
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Read all about it in my @theguardian.com feature.
#awsoutage
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘The city that draws the line’: one Arizona community’s fight against a huge datacenter
Questions grow over water and energy costs of warehouse of computers in Sonoran desert – but will Project Blue be stopped?
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
AWS is (reportedly) the company behind Project Blue, the huge data center that's going forward outside Tucson, AZ, despite community opposition.
Read all about it in my @theguardian.com feature.
#awsoutage
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Read all about it in my @theguardian.com feature.
#awsoutage
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“being an otter is not a crime”
Great reportage from @annieroth.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/s...
Great reportage from @annieroth.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/s...
Sea Otters Are Stealing Surfboards in California. Again.
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“being an otter is not a crime”
Great reportage from @annieroth.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/s...
Great reportage from @annieroth.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/s...
An unknown sea otter was spotted stealing surfboards at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz this week. Is 841 back to her old ways or have other otters learned to hang 10? Check out my latest for @nytimes.com
An unknown sea otter was spotted stealing surfboards at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz this week. Is 841 back to her old ways or have other otters learned to hang 10? Check out my latest for @nytimes.com
Sea Otters Are Stealing Surfboards in California. Again.
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/s...
An unknown sea otter was spotted stealing surfboards at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz this week. Is 841 back to her old ways or have other otters learned to hang 10? Check out my latest for @nytimes.com
An unknown sea otter was spotted stealing surfboards at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz this week. Is 841 back to her old ways or have other otters learned to hang 10? Check out my latest for @nytimes.com
TL;DR: Shout out to microbes, our tiny, invaluable allies!
Learn how scientists plan to protect them in my latest for Nat Geo
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
Learn how scientists plan to protect them in my latest for Nat Geo
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
Save the microbes? The world’s smallest species may soon get protections.
Researchers are calling for the conservation of teeny tiny organisms that normally get overlooked, and conservationists are listening.
www.nationalgeographic.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
TL;DR: Shout out to microbes, our tiny, invaluable allies!
Learn how scientists plan to protect them in my latest for Nat Geo
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
Learn how scientists plan to protect them in my latest for Nat Geo
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
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This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
October 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
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#DidYouKnow some electric rays can emit over 200 volts to fend off predators like tiger sharks? This effective self-defense strategy highlights the incredible adaptations of marine life.
Dive into the topic with @annieroth.bsky.social : www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Dive into the topic with @annieroth.bsky.social : www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
This animal has a built-in taser to stun sharks
Electric rays are staying out of the stomachs of sharks by shocking them—with up to 200 volts.
www.nationalgeographic.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
#DidYouKnow some electric rays can emit over 200 volts to fend off predators like tiger sharks? This effective self-defense strategy highlights the incredible adaptations of marine life.
Dive into the topic with @annieroth.bsky.social : www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Dive into the topic with @annieroth.bsky.social : www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Hey biologists and ecologists! I'm a science journalist looking for recently-published and/or soon-to-be-published studies to cover! If you've got one, please send it my way!
September 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Hey biologists and ecologists! I'm a science journalist looking for recently-published and/or soon-to-be-published studies to cover! If you've got one, please send it my way!
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In Kenya, the Pokot & Ilchamus communities set aside years of conflict to rescue endangered Rothschild’s giraffes stranded by flooding.🦒 Their collaboration created a safe sanctuary to save these majestic animals. 🧪🌏
Full story w/ @annieroth.bsky.social
Full story w/ @annieroth.bsky.social
How former foes worked together to help save these rare giraffes
To move giraffes in Kenya from a flooding island to a safe new home, onetime enemies cooperated—and built a modern-day ark.
bit.ly
August 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
In Kenya, the Pokot & Ilchamus communities set aside years of conflict to rescue endangered Rothschild’s giraffes stranded by flooding.🦒 Their collaboration created a safe sanctuary to save these majestic animals. 🧪🌏
Full story w/ @annieroth.bsky.social
Full story w/ @annieroth.bsky.social
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"Finding large-sized spiders with such bold behavior and such unique features, that doesn’t happen every day," our author @alirezazamani.bsky.social told @annieroth.bsky.social of National Geographic.
A great juicy story to complement his ZooKeys paper!
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
A great juicy story to complement his ZooKeys paper!
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
These tarantulas may have evolved huge genitalia to fend off bloodthirsty females
Tarantulas, like all spiders, don’t have penises; they have palps. And these ones are massive.
www.nationalgeographic.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"Finding large-sized spiders with such bold behavior and such unique features, that doesn’t happen every day," our author @alirezazamani.bsky.social told @annieroth.bsky.social of National Geographic.
A great juicy story to complement his ZooKeys paper!
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
A great juicy story to complement his ZooKeys paper!
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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A Trump administration plan to build 25 miles of wall along a remote stretch of rolling grasslands and mountains on the Arizona-Mexico border would block one of the largest and most important remaining wildlife corridors on the state’s border with Mexico.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/c...
Trump Wants a New Border Wall. It Would Block a Key Wildlife Corridor.
www.nytimes.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A Trump administration plan to build 25 miles of wall along a remote stretch of rolling grasslands and mountains on the Arizona-Mexico border would block one of the largest and most important remaining wildlife corridors on the state’s border with Mexico.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/c...
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"But as a slew of recent studies show, animals have the potential to make our increasingly scorched planet more resilient—if we let them."
Read the rest of:
It’s Time for Nature’s Fire Brigade by @annieroth.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/its-time-for...
Read the rest of:
It’s Time for Nature’s Fire Brigade by @annieroth.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/its-time-for...
It’s Time for Nature’s Fire Brigade - bioGraphic
When it comes to restoring land and preventing wildfires, some animals—like pangolins—have a lot to offer. Can helping them help us?
www.biographic.com
July 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
"But as a slew of recent studies show, animals have the potential to make our increasingly scorched planet more resilient—if we let them."
Read the rest of:
It’s Time for Nature’s Fire Brigade by @annieroth.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/its-time-for...
Read the rest of:
It’s Time for Nature’s Fire Brigade by @annieroth.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/its-time-for...
Loving this dynamic duo!
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/s...
Fabulous story by @clarissabrincat.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/s...
Fabulous story by @clarissabrincat.bsky.social
Videos From the Amazon Reveal an Unexpected Animal Friendship
www.nytimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Loving this dynamic duo!
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/s...
Fabulous story by @clarissabrincat.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/s...
Fabulous story by @clarissabrincat.bsky.social