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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A new study suggests Fiji's iguanas came from North America around 34 million years ago by floating some 5,000 miles. It's the longest-known dispersal of any land animal. So how did they do it?
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New research shows that ingesting plastic can cause organ dysfunction and other health problems in birds.
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Butterflies of all kinds of species, in all parts of the country, have declined by one to two percent per year since 2000. -
A new study estimates that the Kenyan world record holder can break 4 minutes in the mile with perfect pacing and drafting.
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Lawyers representing 22 states and a coalition of research organizations were in federal court Friday trying to retain science funding the Trump administration wants to cut.
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A new study finds that lab mice perform a suite of likely innate behaviors towards unconscious mice that help them revive faster.
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A study in the journal Science Advances reveals how polar bears manage to get wet in the cold without their fur freezing.
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Cuts to costs, temporary freezes on grants, executive orders that go against the laws grants are supposed to follow — the early weeks of the Trump presidency are already drastically changing science.
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New research finds that grease that coats polar bear fur contains a specialized mixture of chemicals that make it resistant to freezing. -
With a sudden freeze of funding, two scientists find their livelihoods and futures upended.
