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Gennaro Tomma
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Freelance Journalist covering science (He/him)
| Words in Scientific American, National Geographic, Science, The New York Times, BBC and others.
See more at: https://gennarotomma.it/
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You know what you were missing from your life? A video of a drone collecting whale snot 🤧 youtu.be/OcPiuKUJBUA
Drone collects whale snot
As a whale exhales snot from its blowhole, a drone collects it, providing scientists with vital information on the animal’s physical state. CREDIT: OCEAN ALLIANCE
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November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
gennarotomma.bsky.social
Excited to see my first story for @knowablemag.bsky.social out today! 🐳

knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
Flying with whales: Drones are remaking marine mammal research
From collecting whale snot to capturing surprising behaviors, aerial drones are giving scientists a new view of life at sea
knowablemagazine.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Who knew that whales blasted snot through their blowholes, or that drones could collect the viscous fluid and teach us so much about whales in the process? Written by @gennarotomma.bsky.social for us at @knowablemag.bsky.social -- and a very fine story it is 🧪
November 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
gennarotomma.bsky.social
Before I started working on this story, I had no idea that there were dolphins living just outside Rome. Well, turns out there are hundreds of them—and they are not doing well.

www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Why Rome’s dolphins are fighting each other
Dolphins have lived near Rome for at least 2,000 years. Scientists fear for their future.
www.nationalgeographic.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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To figure out the tributaries and other spots where Yangtze finless porpoises formerly lived, researchers turned to ancient poetry (by @gennarotomma.bsky.social) 🧪

(Look at that cute faaaaace.)
Ancient Poems Reveal the History of the Endangered Yangtze Porpoise
Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information about the habitat of the world’s only freshwater porpoise
www.scientificamerican.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
gennarotomma.bsky.social
Loved writing this story for NatGeo about the present and future of fireflies around the world 🌍

www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Will fireflies light up summer skies? Here's why they're fading
Scientists suspect many species are in decline—but there are still unanswered questions and a lot of hope. Here's when and where you can still spot them.
www.nationalgeographic.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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andreatweather.bsky.social
*lightning strikes*
Most living things: No thank you!
These tropical trees: Yes, please!
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(by @gennarotomma.bsky.social)
Why These Tropical Trees Love a Lightning Strike
One species of tropical tree seems not only to survive lightning strikes but also to thrive because of them
www.scientificamerican.com
March 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
gennarotomma.bsky.social
Can bees help mitigate the escalating human-elephant conflict around the world? I tried to answer this question in my first story for the BBC, speaking with experts, scientists and people working and living at the frontline of the conflict.

www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
Elephants hate bees – here's why that's good news for Kenyan farmers
In Kenya, farmers are turning bees into unexpected helpers to keep elephants off their crops
www.bbc.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM