Dino Grandoni
@dinograndoni.bsky.social
Washington Post reporter covering wildlife, biodiversity and other environmental issues
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In biblical times, frogs were seen as a plague
Today, thanks to new research, we know they’re actually guardians against disease 1/5
Today, thanks to new research, we know they’re actually guardians against disease 1/5
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
In biblical times, frogs were seen as a plague
Today, thanks to new research, we know they’re actually guardians against disease 1/5
Today, thanks to new research, we know they’re actually guardians against disease 1/5
Reposted by Dino Grandoni
Biodiversity isn't just pretty; it's vital for people's health. Case in point: This awesome story about the decline of frogs, the rise of a disease and the vital research from @ucdavis.bsky.social and others discovering that link. 👏 @dinograndoni.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com bit.ly/4r1hblm
First, the frogs died. Then people got sick.
An emerging area of research is uncovering hidden links between nature and human health.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Biodiversity isn't just pretty; it's vital for people's health. Case in point: This awesome story about the decline of frogs, the rise of a disease and the vital research from @ucdavis.bsky.social and others discovering that link. 👏 @dinograndoni.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com bit.ly/4r1hblm
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This is a good piece, specifically about frogs but more broadly about the variety of different ways we're discovering that environmental conservation turns out to be (who knew? 🤷♂️) also beneficial to human health: wapo.st/47Slsij @dinograndoni.bsky.social [gift link]
First, the frogs died. Then people got sick.
An emerging area of research is uncovering hidden links between nature and human health.
wapo.st
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is a good piece, specifically about frogs but more broadly about the variety of different ways we're discovering that environmental conservation turns out to be (who knew? 🤷♂️) also beneficial to human health: wapo.st/47Slsij @dinograndoni.bsky.social [gift link]
Everyone knows about the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
🦖🦕☄️
But a question remains:
Were they the thriving kings of the Cretaceous right before impact?
Or were dinosaurs already in decline, with the asteroid merely delivering a knockout blow?
🦖🦕☄️
But a question remains:
Were they the thriving kings of the Cretaceous right before impact?
Or were dinosaurs already in decline, with the asteroid merely delivering a knockout blow?
October 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Everyone knows about the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
🦖🦕☄️
But a question remains:
Were they the thriving kings of the Cretaceous right before impact?
Or were dinosaurs already in decline, with the asteroid merely delivering a knockout blow?
🦖🦕☄️
But a question remains:
Were they the thriving kings of the Cretaceous right before impact?
Or were dinosaurs already in decline, with the asteroid merely delivering a knockout blow?
Reposted by Dino Grandoni
Jane Goodall has died at 91.
Her startling observations about chimpanzee behaviors revolutionized not only scientific understanding of the capabilities and inner lives of primates, but also long-held notions about what it means to be human. https://wapo.st/476clLO
Her startling observations about chimpanzee behaviors revolutionized not only scientific understanding of the capabilities and inner lives of primates, but also long-held notions about what it means to be human. https://wapo.st/476clLO
October 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Jane Goodall has died at 91.
Her startling observations about chimpanzee behaviors revolutionized not only scientific understanding of the capabilities and inner lives of primates, but also long-held notions about what it means to be human. https://wapo.st/476clLO
Her startling observations about chimpanzee behaviors revolutionized not only scientific understanding of the capabilities and inner lives of primates, but also long-held notions about what it means to be human. https://wapo.st/476clLO
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Scientists using new ways to eavesdrop on fish have captured a cacophony of thumps, honks, burps and grunts in underwater recordings. wapo.st/3IAhN03 via @dinograndoni.bsky.social
What sound does a fish make? The answer is weirder than you may think.
Scientists using new ways to eavesdrop on fish have captured a cacophony of thumps, honks, burps and grunts in underwater recordings.
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September 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Scientists using new ways to eavesdrop on fish have captured a cacophony of thumps, honks, burps and grunts in underwater recordings. wapo.st/3IAhN03 via @dinograndoni.bsky.social
NEW: This million-year-old skull was badly broken💀🔨
So researchers decided to digitally reconstruct it, and came to a startling conclusion: Our species may be much older than once thought
So researchers decided to digitally reconstruct it, and came to a startling conclusion: Our species may be much older than once thought
September 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
NEW: This million-year-old skull was badly broken💀🔨
So researchers decided to digitally reconstruct it, and came to a startling conclusion: Our species may be much older than once thought
So researchers decided to digitally reconstruct it, and came to a startling conclusion: Our species may be much older than once thought
Hear that? It’s 2 a.m. You’re in bed. The sun hasn’t risen, but the robin has. It is 🎶-ing at an unnatural hour, waking you.
If this has happened to you, you’re not alone. Artificial light is prompting birds to tweet for nearly an extra hour a day on average.
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If this has happened to you, you’re not alone. Artificial light is prompting birds to tweet for nearly an extra hour a day on average.
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These birds won’t stop singing, and it’s our fault
A sweeping analysis of more than 4 millions recordings has found birds tweet for nearly an extra hour a day in areas disrupted by light pollution.
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August 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Hear that? It’s 2 a.m. You’re in bed. The sun hasn’t risen, but the robin has. It is 🎶-ing at an unnatural hour, waking you.
If this has happened to you, you’re not alone. Artificial light is prompting birds to tweet for nearly an extra hour a day on average.
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If this has happened to you, you’re not alone. Artificial light is prompting birds to tweet for nearly an extra hour a day on average.
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This is a horseshoe crab
For decades, we've relied on an extraordinary chemical in its blood to protect medical equipment from contamination, saving untold lives
For decades, we've relied on an extraordinary chemical in its blood to protect medical equipment from contamination, saving untold lives
August 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This is a horseshoe crab
For decades, we've relied on an extraordinary chemical in its blood to protect medical equipment from contamination, saving untold lives
For decades, we've relied on an extraordinary chemical in its blood to protect medical equipment from contamination, saving untold lives
It starts with a twist. One arm pretzels in on itself. Then another... and another...
Before long, the arms detach and crawl away zombielike
By the end, the starfish is nothing more than a puddle of goo (1/3)
Before long, the arms detach and crawl away zombielike
By the end, the starfish is nothing more than a puddle of goo (1/3)
August 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It starts with a twist. One arm pretzels in on itself. Then another... and another...
Before long, the arms detach and crawl away zombielike
By the end, the starfish is nothing more than a puddle of goo (1/3)
Before long, the arms detach and crawl away zombielike
By the end, the starfish is nothing more than a puddle of goo (1/3)
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These smiley little friends might teach us how to regrow arms and legs but they're critically endangered in the wild let's not kill them please
From @dinograndoni.bsky.social
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From @dinograndoni.bsky.social
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These glowing axolotls may hold the secret to human limb regeneration
The adorable salamanders are helping scientists investigate a serious question: Could the human body be coaxed to regrow a lost arm or leg?
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June 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
These smiley little friends might teach us how to regrow arms and legs but they're critically endangered in the wild let's not kill them please
From @dinograndoni.bsky.social
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From @dinograndoni.bsky.social
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It's almost summer, and the 🦟🦟🦟 are coming
But it may be within our grasp to suppress some mosquitos out of existence with powerful gene-editing tools
The big question now: Should we? Or is it ever ethical to deliberately drive a species extinct?
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But it may be within our grasp to suppress some mosquitos out of existence with powerful gene-editing tools
The big question now: Should we? Or is it ever ethical to deliberately drive a species extinct?
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We finally may be able to rid the world of mosquitoes. But should we?
Gene editing holds the potential of suppressing mosquito species that carry deadly diseases — and raises ethical questions.
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June 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It's almost summer, and the 🦟🦟🦟 are coming
But it may be within our grasp to suppress some mosquitos out of existence with powerful gene-editing tools
The big question now: Should we? Or is it ever ethical to deliberately drive a species extinct?
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
But it may be within our grasp to suppress some mosquitos out of existence with powerful gene-editing tools
The big question now: Should we? Or is it ever ethical to deliberately drive a species extinct?
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Overjoyed and honored to be a part of this team, which was a Pulitzer finalist for national reporting!
May 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Overjoyed and honored to be a part of this team, which was a Pulitzer finalist for national reporting!
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The Post’s staff also received a Pulitzer finalist nod in national reporting for coverage that helped awaken the nation to the disaster of Hurricane Helene, revealing the scale of the destruction and human toll for the climate-fueled weather calamity.
In North Carolina, there was before Helene. This is the after.
“A hundred years from now, they will be talking about this flood,” said one resident in Western North Carolina, where the extent of the disaster is only beginning to emerge.
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May 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The Post’s staff also received a Pulitzer finalist nod in national reporting for coverage that helped awaken the nation to the disaster of Hurricane Helene, revealing the scale of the destruction and human toll for the climate-fueled weather calamity.
NEW: A sweeping new study finds three-fourths of North America's bird species are in decline
Scientists say it should be a wake-up call for us since some of the pressures on birds — climate change, pollution, etc. — aren't good for people, either
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Scientists say it should be a wake-up call for us since some of the pressures on birds — climate change, pollution, etc. — aren't good for people, either
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75 percent of North America’s bird species are in decline, study says
Birds are rapidly vanishing from North America, with dramatic population losses in places that were once thought safe.
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May 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
NEW: A sweeping new study finds three-fourths of North America's bird species are in decline
Scientists say it should be a wake-up call for us since some of the pressures on birds — climate change, pollution, etc. — aren't good for people, either
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Scientists say it should be a wake-up call for us since some of the pressures on birds — climate change, pollution, etc. — aren't good for people, either
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
NEW: The Trump administration is considering scaling back at least 6 national monuments in the West, with an eye toward encouraging more energy development on public lands
From me & Jake Spring:
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From me & Jake Spring:
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Trump officials consider shrinking 6 national monuments in the West
Interior Department officials are considering scaling back the boundaries of national monuments in the West to encourage energy development on public lands.
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April 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
NEW: The Trump administration is considering scaling back at least 6 national monuments in the West, with an eye toward encouraging more energy development on public lands
From me & Jake Spring:
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From me & Jake Spring:
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NEW: A decade ago, Obama created the world’s largest protected marine reserve in the Pacific
Now, Trump is about to open it up to commercial fishing
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Now, Trump is about to open it up to commercial fishing
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Trump moves to allow commercial fishing in vast protected ocean reserve
The Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument comprises more than 490,000 square miles of some of the Earth’s last pristine maritime environments.
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April 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
NEW: A decade ago, Obama created the world’s largest protected marine reserve in the Pacific
Now, Trump is about to open it up to commercial fishing
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Now, Trump is about to open it up to commercial fishing
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
NEW: In a major move, the Trump administration is aiming to redefine what it means to "harm" an endangered species
The regulatory rollback opens the door to more logging, mining, oil & gas drilling, home construction and other ecologically damaging ventures
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The regulatory rollback opens the door to more logging, mining, oil & gas drilling, home construction and other ecologically damaging ventures
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Trump officials say destroying endangered species’ habitats isn’t ‘harm’
A proposed rule would narrow the definition of harm under the Endangered Species Act and could open the door to more mining, construction and other activities.
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April 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
NEW: In a major move, the Trump administration is aiming to redefine what it means to "harm" an endangered species
The regulatory rollback opens the door to more logging, mining, oil & gas drilling, home construction and other ecologically damaging ventures
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
The regulatory rollback opens the door to more logging, mining, oil & gas drilling, home construction and other ecologically damaging ventures
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NEW: Claims of bringing back extinct dire wolves caught a lot of attention — including the Trump administration's
Now, Trump's team is trumpeting the wolf as an argument for slashing regulations around still-living endangered species
Now, Trump's team is trumpeting the wolf as an argument for slashing regulations around still-living endangered species
April 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
NEW: Claims of bringing back extinct dire wolves caught a lot of attention — including the Trump administration's
Now, Trump's team is trumpeting the wolf as an argument for slashing regulations around still-living endangered species
Now, Trump's team is trumpeting the wolf as an argument for slashing regulations around still-living endangered species
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Don't miss this story from my colleague Dino Grandoni, looking at how a company's claims of dire wolf "de-extinction" (which scientists question) are being interpreted as a reason to scale back legal protections for endangered species: wapo.st/3R88Yvc
Trump team cites wolf ‘de-extinction’ as reason to cut endangered species list
The interior secretary hailed a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf, while the administration and GOP push to roll back species protections.
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April 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Don't miss this story from my colleague Dino Grandoni, looking at how a company's claims of dire wolf "de-extinction" (which scientists question) are being interpreted as a reason to scale back legal protections for endangered species: wapo.st/3R88Yvc
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Your daily dose of delight: this survey of the astonishing creatures dwelling in the darkness beneath an Antarctic iceberg, from @dinograndoni.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
A huge iceberg broke off Antarctica. What scientists found under it startled them.
Crustaceans, snails, worms and fish are among the dozens of creatures that deep-sea explorers discovered under a massive Antarctic ice shelf.
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March 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Your daily dose of delight: this survey of the astonishing creatures dwelling in the darkness beneath an Antarctic iceberg, from @dinograndoni.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...