Jonathan Lambert
Jonathan Lambert is a correspondent for NPR's Science Desk, where he covers the wonders of the natural world and how policy decisions can affect them.
Lambert has been covering science, health and policy for nearly a decade. He was a staff writer at Science News and Grid. He's also written for The Atlantic, National Geographic, Quanta Magazine and other outlets, exploring everything from why psychedelics are challenging how people evaluate drugs to how researchers reconstructed life's oldest common ancestor. Lambert got his start in science journalism answering vital questions from curious kids, including "Do animals fart?" for Brains On, a podcast from American Public Media. He interned for NPR's Science Desk in 2019 where he wrote about the evolutionary benefits of living close to grandma and racial gaps between who causes air pollution and who breathes it.
Lambert earned a Master's degree in neurobiology and behavior at Cornell University, where he studied the unusual sex lives of Hawaiian crickets. [Copyright 2024 NPR]
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Saber teeth — the large fangs of saber-tooth cat fame — are fearsome. They evolved at least five times in predators that are now extinct, but there's been something of a mystery as to why.
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Saber teeth — the large canines — are pretty fearsome. These fangs have evolved at least five times in predators that are now extinct, but there's been something of a mystery as to why.
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A new study on mice shows that luck in early life can determine success as an adult, especially when competition is high.
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Long distance migrations can take a lot out of energy, but one kind of bat has found some assistance. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Jan. 2, 2025.)
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Long distance migrations can take a lot out of energy, but one kind of bat has found some assistance.
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A cute fuzzy beetle, a sea squirt that looks like a cross between a panda and a zebra, and a piranha-like fish that's vegetarian: These are just a few of the new species formally identified in 2024.
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New research shows artificial light can upend underwater communities around coral reefs just like they do on land.
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Each year, scientists add thousands of new plant and animal species to the scientific record. We learn about three that were added to the list.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with NPR science correspondent Jonathan Lambert about the decision, as well as other conservation efforts the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing as 2024 winds down.
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Aquatic creatures of very different sizes swim at the same relative depth when traveling long distances.