Sofia Quaglia
@sofiaquagliajourno.bsky.social
Award-winning journalist covering all things science and nature, and how we talk about them. Work in New York Times, National Geographic, The Guardian, New Scientist & more... (she/her) website: sofiaquaglia.com
Super excited to share my new project, a book about how flies have fundamentally shaped what it means to be human. Get ready to completely rethink your nastiest of kitchen pests! With @flatironbooks.bsky.social via @unitedtalentagency.bsky.social 🪰
October 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Super excited to share my new project, a book about how flies have fundamentally shaped what it means to be human. Get ready to completely rethink your nastiest of kitchen pests! With @flatironbooks.bsky.social via @unitedtalentagency.bsky.social 🪰
And here are some snapshots from my reporting with the Caminantes del Desierto, a non-profit dedicating their time to protecting the cacti out in the wild. Copiapoa in the picture on the right!
March 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
And here are some snapshots from my reporting with the Caminantes del Desierto, a non-profit dedicating their time to protecting the cacti out in the wild. Copiapoa in the picture on the right!
Love it when my friends cannot escape me...
Latest MIT Tech Review in print
Latest MIT Tech Review in print
January 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Love it when my friends cannot escape me...
Latest MIT Tech Review in print
Latest MIT Tech Review in print
What an honor to be at the @pressgazette
#BritishJournalismAwards last week, where I was a finalist in the environment category for my work in @guardianscience on ocean issues. Lovely to share this moment with my friend @SimarSBajaj, nominated as a new journo of the year! 🌊📰
#BritishJournalismAwards last week, where I was a finalist in the environment category for my work in @guardianscience on ocean issues. Lovely to share this moment with my friend @SimarSBajaj, nominated as a new journo of the year! 🌊📰
January 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
What an honor to be at the @pressgazette
#BritishJournalismAwards last week, where I was a finalist in the environment category for my work in @guardianscience on ocean issues. Lovely to share this moment with my friend @SimarSBajaj, nominated as a new journo of the year! 🌊📰
#BritishJournalismAwards last week, where I was a finalist in the environment category for my work in @guardianscience on ocean issues. Lovely to share this moment with my friend @SimarSBajaj, nominated as a new journo of the year! 🌊📰
It was an absolute honor to return to the @SciCommAwards by @theNASEM and Schmidt to welcome a new cohort of winners & what a blast for @fungalpals, @jmkendallbar, @YCabreraOC, and I to have the chance to host a workshop. Cannot wait to see what our community will do next! 📰🧪👑
January 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
It was an absolute honor to return to the @SciCommAwards by @theNASEM and Schmidt to welcome a new cohort of winners & what a blast for @fungalpals, @jmkendallbar, @YCabreraOC, and I to have the chance to host a workshop. Cannot wait to see what our community will do next! 📰🧪👑
So stunning to see this story in print from my trip to Japan, with touching photography by Marla Tomorug. 🗾🎌🐡
https://nautil.us/the-plight-of-japans-ama-divers-533289/
https://nautil.us/the-plight-of-japans-ama-divers-533289/
January 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
So stunning to see this story in print from my trip to Japan, with touching photography by Marla Tomorug. 🗾🎌🐡
https://nautil.us/the-plight-of-japans-ama-divers-533289/
https://nautil.us/the-plight-of-japans-ama-divers-533289/
Fish with tasting legs is in print 🐟🏃♀️
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/science/sea-robins-legs-tasting-fish.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/science/sea-robins-legs-tasting-fish.html
January 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Fish with tasting legs is in print 🐟🏃♀️
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/science/sea-robins-legs-tasting-fish.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/science/sea-robins-legs-tasting-fish.html
So great to see my cover feature about Dark Earth come to life for this edition of @sciencefocus
🌱👨🌾🌿💫
https://apple.news/A-QcCeAfNRhKC6pHAIez3GA
🌱👨🌾🌿💫
https://apple.news/A-QcCeAfNRhKC6pHAIez3GA
January 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
So great to see my cover feature about Dark Earth come to life for this edition of @sciencefocus
🌱👨🌾🌿💫
https://apple.news/A-QcCeAfNRhKC6pHAIez3GA
🌱👨🌾🌿💫
https://apple.news/A-QcCeAfNRhKC6pHAIez3GA
Today is a good day!! Because it's publication day for #WildLifeBook by @atlasobscura! Huge congrats to @cjgiaimo who has been working on this book for years, and who let me write up this fun segment about animals that know how to count.
January 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Today is a good day!! Because it's publication day for #WildLifeBook by @atlasobscura! Huge congrats to @cjgiaimo who has been working on this book for years, and who let me write up this fun segment about animals that know how to count.
So brilliant to see our Animal Factfiles prjoect launching on the @BBCEarth homepage! Check it out: https://www.bbcearth.com/factfiles/animals
January 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
So brilliant to see our Animal Factfiles prjoect launching on the @BBCEarth homepage! Check it out: https://www.bbcearth.com/factfiles/animals
Really really energized from this workshop at @MBLScience with the @SchmidtFellows and @SciCommAwards cohort. When scientists and science journos come together to bridge the knowledge gap between their job and ours, amazing stuff *does* really happen. Looking forward to more!
January 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Really really energized from this workshop at @MBLScience with the @SchmidtFellows and @SciCommAwards cohort. When scientists and science journos come together to bridge the knowledge gap between their job and ours, amazing stuff *does* really happen. Looking forward to more!
These fact files showcase loads of the latest, brilliant research about animals in an accessible, engaging way, with stunning images and video from our multimedia team at @BBCEarth It's really such a blast to get to work on this project.
January 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
These fact files showcase loads of the latest, brilliant research about animals in an accessible, engaging way, with stunning images and video from our multimedia team at @BBCEarth It's really such a blast to get to work on this project.
Had a blast at our @KSJatMIT workshop with the amazing @SciCommAwards awardees! Thank you @schmidtsciences for sponsoring us, @deborahblum for hosting, and @JacquiB for your wisdom...
January 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Had a blast at our @KSJatMIT workshop with the amazing @SciCommAwards awardees! Thank you @schmidtsciences for sponsoring us, @deborahblum for hosting, and @JacquiB for your wisdom...
With absolutely stunning macrophotography by Frank Ashwood
January 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
With absolutely stunning macrophotography by Frank Ashwood
Ama woman wearing their traditional white isogi outfits and carrying their catch in wooden buckets as they prepare for their next plunge.
January 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Ama woman wearing their traditional white isogi outfits and carrying their catch in wooden buckets as they prepare for their next plunge.
Ama diver Aiko Ohno is an apprentice hired by the local government to learn Ama diving technique. A seiman, the traditional single-stroke five-pointed star symbol, is drawn on the white patch of her wetsuit as a talisman against evil.
January 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Ama diver Aiko Ohno is an apprentice hired by the local government to learn Ama diving technique. A seiman, the traditional single-stroke five-pointed star symbol, is drawn on the white patch of her wetsuit as a talisman against evil.
In the amagoya hut, grilling the day's catch
January 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In the amagoya hut, grilling the day's catch
Waaaaaaaaaaaa had a fab time at the workshops and recognition event of @theNASEM Awards for #SciCommExcellence. Thank you to the committee for selecting my work. It was an honor to celebrate alongside such a brilliant cohort of science journalists and science communicators.
January 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Waaaaaaaaaaaa had a fab time at the workshops and recognition event of @theNASEM Awards for #SciCommExcellence. Thank you to the committee for selecting my work. It was an honor to celebrate alongside such a brilliant cohort of science journalists and science communicators.
Ecstatic to have won one of @theNASEM Awards for Excellence in Science Communications @SciCommAwards! Literally *wild* https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2023/11/national-academies-announce-2023-recipients-of-eric-and-wendy-schmidt-awards-for-excellence-in-science-communications
January 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Ecstatic to have won one of @theNASEM Awards for Excellence in Science Communications @SciCommAwards! Literally *wild* https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2023/11/national-academies-announce-2023-recipients-of-eric-and-wendy-schmidt-awards-for-excellence-in-science-communications
I'm in frog fan-fiction now too 🐸https://thehillgrovefiles.com/2022/03/30/frogs-not-important-says-brave-new-primary-school-curriculum/
January 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm in frog fan-fiction now too 🐸https://thehillgrovefiles.com/2022/03/30/frogs-not-important-says-brave-new-primary-school-curriculum/
How to talk dirty to a journalist
January 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
How to talk dirty to a journalist
