Books

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How Are Marine Robots Shaping Our Future? (with James Bellingham)

Forthcoming September 16, 2025. Now available for preorder!

What will robots discover as they gather life-supporting data and resources from the depths of Earth's oceans to the reaches of deep space?

Below the waves, the ocean remains a largely undiscovered realm, with only 25% of its features mapped in detail. What we know about its depths, we've learned with the help of deep-sea robots. The latest generation of their technologies play a critical role as we tap the ocean in new ways to sustain our food, energy, and resource needs. World-renowned robotics expert James Bellingham introduces readers to this compelling world of contemporary undersea exploration and the vital role autonomous robots play in corporate and governmental aquaculture management, climate data, energy source locations, shipwreck explorations, and much more.

Secrets of the Elephants

Now available! Published by National Geographic April 4, 2023. Find a copy at your local bookstore, or support small booksellers by buying from Bookshop.com.

Companion to the National Geographic television series, this book reveals the remarkable intelligence, family loyalty, unique personalities, and fascinating behaviors of elephants.

As big as a bus, weighing up to 11 tons, elephants have fascinated us for centuries, but only recently have scientists been able to observe their innermost workings as individuals, families, and herds. This enlightening book—companion to the highly anticipated televisions series from National Geographic—takes us to the few places in the world where elephants roam. Filled with glorious photography and groundbreaking narratives of current science, these pages capture the life and behavior of these iconic creatures as never before seen.

Atlas Obscura Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders

Published September 17, 2024. Find a copy via Bookshop or wherever you get your books!

After three years of creation, I can’t wait to see this gorgeous book in person! I contributed entries to several chapters and covered a range of topics, from forest dogs to frisky barnacles to desert ponds filled with ancient bacteria.

Featuring over 500 extraordinary plants, animals, and natural phenomena, with illustrations and photos on every page, the book takes readers around the globe—from Antarctic deserts to lush jungles, and into the deepest fathoms of the ocean and the hearts of our densest cities. Teeming with detail and wildly entertaining, Wild Life reinvigorates our sense of wonder, awe and amazement about the incredible creatures we share our planet with.

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2022

Find it wherever you buy books, or via Bookshop.

I am honored to share that my story “To Speak of the Sea in Irish,” published in Hakai Magazine in March 2021, was selected for publication in 2022’s Best American Science and Nature Writing anthology.

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