Kate Evans
@kategevans.bsky.social
Nature writer & science journalist
New Zealand Geographic
Www.Kateevans.org
Words also in Scientific American, the New York Times, bioGraphic, among others. Author of FEIJOA: A STORY OF OBSESSION AND BELONGING
New Zealand Geographic
Www.Kateevans.org
Words also in Scientific American, the New York Times, bioGraphic, among others. Author of FEIJOA: A STORY OF OBSESSION AND BELONGING
Reposted by Kate Evans
Really nice piece by @kategevans.bsky.social on moa footprint discoveries and preservation. www.nzgeo.com/mailster/547...
The track makers
Moa once walked all over Aotearoa, pressing heavy feet into mud and sand. Eons later, finding just one of these footprints intact is a small miracle—a fossil that speaks to a movement, a moment in tim...
www.nzgeo.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Really nice piece by @kategevans.bsky.social on moa footprint discoveries and preservation. www.nzgeo.com/mailster/547...
😍😍😍
NZ Geographic is the only print magazine to subscribe to. The photo journalism is epic, the articles / essays are wonderful, it’s consistently great. Give a subscription for Christmas this year and help them keep going.
It's that time of year again. If you value the work we do @nzgeo.bsky.social, please renew your subscription! It's really very affordable, and we need you to keep the mag alive and thriving (and me in a job.) I promise we'll make it worth your while. www.nzgeo.com/newsletter/w...
October 28, 2025 at 6:41 AM
😍😍😍
It's that time of year again. If you value the work we do @nzgeo.bsky.social, please renew your subscription! It's really very affordable, and we need you to keep the mag alive and thriving (and me in a job.) I promise we'll make it worth your while. www.nzgeo.com/newsletter/w...
We Still Need Your Help October 28 2025
nzgeo.com We still need your help Free newsletter OCTOBER 28, 2025 By James Frankham Publisher The NZGeo extended family—staff, contractors, contributors... legends the lot of them. SUSTAINABLE PUBLIS...
www.nzgeo.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:40 AM
It's that time of year again. If you value the work we do @nzgeo.bsky.social, please renew your subscription! It's really very affordable, and we need you to keep the mag alive and thriving (and me in a job.) I promise we'll make it worth your while. www.nzgeo.com/newsletter/w...
Extremely accurate map of NZ’s seasons
October 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Extremely accurate map of NZ’s seasons
We live in an age of extinction 😭😭😭
The Christmas Island shrew, Crocidura trichura, declared extinct 19 October 2025.
October 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
We live in an age of extinction 😭😭😭
Brilliant! Origami and evolution 😍
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
Animal origami: The physics of nature’s folds
Insects that tuck away wings; a protist with an accordion-like neck — studying these clever creases may inspire foldable structures for drones
knowablemagazine.org
October 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Brilliant! Origami and evolution 😍
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
Reposted by Kate Evans
The silent c’s of the sea world, cnidarians and ctenophores, have DNA architecture that is more similar to humans than their single-celled ancestors. www.quantamagazine.org/loops-of-dna...
October 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The silent c’s of the sea world, cnidarians and ctenophores, have DNA architecture that is more similar to humans than their single-celled ancestors. www.quantamagazine.org/loops-of-dna...
Reposted by Kate Evans
Kudos to photographer Ashlee Rezin
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Kudos to photographer Ashlee Rezin
Reposted by Kate Evans
Really should ban myself from “just having a browse” in a book shop
October 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Really should ban myself from “just having a browse” in a book shop
It was an absolute DELIGHT to speak to the Gastropod team all about Feijoas and my Feijoa book — which came out in the US this week — and in an episode also featuring durian, a fruit which inspires similar levels of obsession and belonging! #gastropod #feijoa #durian
LOVED hearing @kategevans.bsky.social talking about feijoa on the latest Gastropod episode 😊 share.google/6uk1MTOIORx7...
Durian Delight and Feijoa Fun: Adventures in Banned, Forgotten, and Unusual Fruit - Gastropod
Why do durian and feijoa inspire such strong feelings—and why did they never make it big in the States?
share.google
September 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It was an absolute DELIGHT to speak to the Gastropod team all about Feijoas and my Feijoa book — which came out in the US this week — and in an episode also featuring durian, a fruit which inspires similar levels of obsession and belonging! #gastropod #feijoa #durian
The story of how the anus evolved is *wild* Here’s my latest sexstack essay — featuring the hilarious diversity of animal butts, an excessive number of puns, and for subscribers, a personal story of my own recent discoveries. #scicomm 🐟🪼🦖🦓
sexscience.substack.com/p/annals-of-...
sexscience.substack.com/p/annals-of-...
Annals of the Anus
Have you ever thought about the backstory of your backdoor? I hadn’t, until news of a study on the evolution of the anus coincided with my own sexual evolution.
sexscience.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The story of how the anus evolved is *wild* Here’s my latest sexstack essay — featuring the hilarious diversity of animal butts, an excessive number of puns, and for subscribers, a personal story of my own recent discoveries. #scicomm 🐟🪼🦖🦓
sexscience.substack.com/p/annals-of-...
sexscience.substack.com/p/annals-of-...
Found this piece very reassuring! Thoughts? niemanreports.org/youre-as-goo...
You’re as Good as Your Best Byline - Nieman Reports
A love letter to the journalists who toil
niemanreports.org
September 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Found this piece very reassuring! Thoughts? niemanreports.org/youre-as-goo...
Reposted by Kate Evans
@kategevans.bsky.social
Spotted in the wild at Whitcoulls Silverdale today
Whitcoulls Top 100 section
👍🌱
Spotted in the wild at Whitcoulls Silverdale today
Whitcoulls Top 100 section
👍🌱
August 31, 2025 at 7:59 AM
@kategevans.bsky.social
Spotted in the wild at Whitcoulls Silverdale today
Whitcoulls Top 100 section
👍🌱
Spotted in the wild at Whitcoulls Silverdale today
Whitcoulls Top 100 section
👍🌱
#storytime I was walking in Christchurch on the way to a Word writer’s festival event at the art gallery this afternoon. A young man coming towards me on the footpath gave a barely suppressed giggle of glee and leapt with joy, his heels clicking together. You seem happy, I observed. He turned..(1/2)
August 31, 2025 at 7:15 AM
#storytime I was walking in Christchurch on the way to a Word writer’s festival event at the art gallery this afternoon. A young man coming towards me on the footpath gave a barely suppressed giggle of glee and leapt with joy, his heels clicking together. You seem happy, I observed. He turned..(1/2)
Reposted by Kate Evans
Ebony and ivory really are a perfect harmony—African forest elephants consume the tree's fruit, and in return, their fecal matter disperses and helps protect seedlings. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
August 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Ebony and ivory really are a perfect harmony—African forest elephants consume the tree's fruit, and in return, their fecal matter disperses and helps protect seedlings. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Ned is now going seriously viral. CNN came calling. The Guardian and BBC too. Get out in those gardens at night, Kiwis! Let’s find Ned a lover! (Please note Ned is a they; all snails are hermaphrodites) edition.cnn.com/2025/08/28/w...
‘Observologists’ search New Zealand to give rare snail a chance at love | CNN
‘Observologists’ search New Zealand to give rare snail a chance at love
edition.cnn.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Ned is now going seriously viral. CNN came calling. The Guardian and BBC too. Get out in those gardens at night, Kiwis! Let’s find Ned a lover! (Please note Ned is a they; all snails are hermaphrodites) edition.cnn.com/2025/08/28/w...
Reposted by Kate Evans
This week's column. The details will make you gasp and rage. This massive desecration of nature is almost unbelievable, but it is happening in the UK right now.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Bluefin tuna are miraculously returning to UK shores – only to be tormented for ‘sport’ | George Monbiot
A tournament in Cornwall will pit anglers against these magnificent creatures, as part of a rising trend for so-called ‘sportfishing’, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
This week's column. The details will make you gasp and rage. This massive desecration of nature is almost unbelievable, but it is happening in the UK right now.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Kate Evans
A tiny silly fun thing in the midst of all the chaos... We're on the hunt for a mate for Ned, a 1 in 40,000 left-spiralling snail. www.nzgeo.com/stories/lets...
Let's find a mate for Ned
One in 40,000 snails have the spiral on the left side of the shell, and they can only mate with other lefties. Can you help Ned find true love?
www.nzgeo.com
August 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
A tiny silly fun thing in the midst of all the chaos... We're on the hunt for a mate for Ned, a 1 in 40,000 left-spiralling snail. www.nzgeo.com/stories/lets...
Crew I’m delighted to say we have a new campaign at NZ Geographic—let’s find Ned the lefty snail a mate! Have a look in your garden. Do any of the snails’ shells coil to the right? Only 1 in 40,000 coil left - and lefties can only mate w/ other lefties cos their shells get in the way 😭 nzgeo.com/Ned
Let's find a mate for Ned
One in 40,000 snails have the spiral on the left side the shell, and they can only mate with other lefties. Will Ned meet his one true love?
nzgeo.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Crew I’m delighted to say we have a new campaign at NZ Geographic—let’s find Ned the lefty snail a mate! Have a look in your garden. Do any of the snails’ shells coil to the right? Only 1 in 40,000 coil left - and lefties can only mate w/ other lefties cos their shells get in the way 😭 nzgeo.com/Ned
Reposted by Kate Evans
Color me surprised! 😑
Turns out that an ecological system that has one stressor removed from it (fishing) is more resilient when faced with another stressor (marine heatwaves). 🧪🌊
Link: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Turns out that an ecological system that has one stressor removed from it (fishing) is more resilient when faced with another stressor (marine heatwaves). 🧪🌊
Link: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
August 20, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Color me surprised! 😑
Turns out that an ecological system that has one stressor removed from it (fishing) is more resilient when faced with another stressor (marine heatwaves). 🧪🌊
Link: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Turns out that an ecological system that has one stressor removed from it (fishing) is more resilient when faced with another stressor (marine heatwaves). 🧪🌊
Link: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Can chocolate cure jealousy? What *is* romantic jealousy anyway, and what can it teach us? Amazing new piece by the ever-insightful Monica Evans (my sister) featuring science and the deeply personal on our SexStack: sexscience.substack.com/p/science-as... 🧪🍫#scicomm
Science asks: Can chocolate cure jealousy?
I don’t know but please sign me up for the clinical trial
sexscience.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Can chocolate cure jealousy? What *is* romantic jealousy anyway, and what can it teach us? Amazing new piece by the ever-insightful Monica Evans (my sister) featuring science and the deeply personal on our SexStack: sexscience.substack.com/p/science-as... 🧪🍫#scicomm
Freelancers out there - if you're getting paid by overseas clients, I highly recommend Wise to do so - lower fees and better rates than domestic banks, much quicker, and easy to use. If this might serve you, use this link and we'll both get a bit of a discount. wise.com/invite/dic/k...
You've been invited to Wise. Sign up to get your reward.
Go global and save with Wise.
wise.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Freelancers out there - if you're getting paid by overseas clients, I highly recommend Wise to do so - lower fees and better rates than domestic banks, much quicker, and easy to use. If this might serve you, use this link and we'll both get a bit of a discount. wise.com/invite/dic/k...
Reposted by Kate Evans
Just got a 🧪pitch from a PR claiming to work with Colossal (de-extinction chancers). It was a pre-written article claiming the science sector is carrying out "coordinated attacks" on the co. Spy the headline. They asked if I'd publish it on my Forbes column.
Not enough eye rolls on Earth for this 🙄
Not enough eye rolls on Earth for this 🙄
August 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Just got a 🧪pitch from a PR claiming to work with Colossal (de-extinction chancers). It was a pre-written article claiming the science sector is carrying out "coordinated attacks" on the co. Spy the headline. They asked if I'd publish it on my Forbes column.
Not enough eye rolls on Earth for this 🙄
Not enough eye rolls on Earth for this 🙄
And what do we make of this? newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/06/f...
Fishing industry nets changes to cameras, discards and catch restrictions
Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says the changes are the biggest in 40 years, and will put an end to 'reckless' legal attacks that demonise fishers. Jonathan Milne reports.
newsroom.co.nz
August 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
And what do we make of this? newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/06/f...
