Simon Worrall, National Geographic

Simon Worrall

National Geographic

United Kingdom

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Past articles by simon:

Whale populations in New York Harbor are booming—here's why

A few cetaceans appeared in 2011, but now they're in the hundreds, surprising scientists and tourists alike. → Read More

The inside story of how three unlikely allies won World War II

Suspicious and distrustful, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin still had to work together. → Read More

These amazing maps greet aliens, aid spies, reveal seafloors

Maps offer much more than directions. They tell of incredible scientific achievement, bravery, and superhuman precision. → Read More

Would you risk prison for a dinosaur fossil? This man did.

The obsession with finding and selling dinosaur fossils lead one hunter into a world he could not escape. → Read More

Chesapeake Bay’s Tangier Island a Symbol of How Rising Seas Will Swallow Whole Communities

Water will one day swamp historic Tangier Island, in the Chesapeake Bay. But its inhabitants argue that it's erosion, not climate change. → Read More

How U.S. Clipper Ships Changed World Trade

Clipper ships traveled at blistering speeds but conditions on board were brutal, and opium was their most profitable cargo. → Read More

Beavers are Back, in a Conservation Success Story

Beaver ponds keep rivers and streams wet all year, compensating for less snowpack and glacial melt. We just need to stay out of their way. → Read More

How A Forgotten Genius Changed the Way We See the World

Naturalist Francis Willughby was the first to do things we now take for granted in science, like measuring bird beaks and fish fins. → Read More

How Killer Whales Went from Hated, to Adored, to Endangered

The more we’ve learned about orcas, the more we love them. But can killer whales survive the dramatic changes to their world? → Read More

Whale Fossils Reveal Bizarre Evolution, Amazing Adaptations

We don’t even know how many whale species exist, so which will be winners and which losers is hard to guess. → Read More

Many Alien Races Have Not Survived Climate Change, Says Theory: Can We?

Whether we're alone in the universe depends on whether alien societies overcame the climate change their advances created, says a new book. → Read More

Searching for His Roots, a Reporter Discovers the Dark Side of Amazon Rain Forest

A quest to find his birth parents led Chris Feliciano Arnold on an eye-opening exploration of the Amazon rain forest’s underbelly. → Read More

Neanderthals, Royals, and You: How Genes Make Us Who We Are

Genetically speaking, we get what we get. But someday we might be able to program our genetic futures, and then it's a whole new ballgame. → Read More

Alaska Over a Century: From Natural Wonders to Government Plunder

Retracing a famous environmentalist's journey almost 120 years ago, an author discovers a very different Alaska. → Read More

To Survive, This Cowboy Family Must Fight Bucking Broncs, Drought, and Tourism

Bucking broncs, drought, and tourism are just a few challenges for the Wright family’s 150-year-old way of life. → Read More

The Pony Express Lasted Only 18 Months. Why Does the Legend Live On?

The Pony Express operated for less than two years, but its legend—burnished by Buffalo Bill Cody—lives on. → Read More

Nature Gone Wild at an English Castle Shows Spectacular Results

So-called rewilding involves taking a hands-off approach to the land and letting natural processes happen. → Read More

More Dinosaur Fossils are Being Found Now than Ever Before

As more countries open their borders to paleontology, a new generation of dino hunters is uncovering almost one new species a week. → Read More

Go Behind the Bizarre Crime of a Flautist, Obsessive Fly-Tyer, and Thief

This is the true story of how a man stole hundreds of exotic birds to sell to salmon fly-tyers so that he could buy a golden flute. Really. → Read More

These ‘Difficult’ Women Wrote, and Lived By, Their Own Rules

These 29 women weren’t willing to be anything but fully themselves, from Jane Goodall to Frida Kahlo to Billie Jean King. → Read More