Jess Craig

10.12.2022

Jess Craig

Lauren Owens Lambert

Jess Craig is an independent journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya, covering science and the environment across Africa and the Middle East. In addition to her work as a journalist, Craig also works as an infectious disease epidemiologist focusing on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance.

Two eastern lowland gorillas (also known as Grauer’s gorillas) rest near each other in Kahuzi-Biega National Park. Known as the world’s largest living primates, these gorillas are critically endangered following decades of political upheaval in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photograph by Marcus Westberg Gorillas in Their Midst 11.22.2023 Article - In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, community-led conservation has emerged from the chaos of war, but the ghosts of colonialism still haunt locals trying to live with great apes.
A lone dragon’s blood tree in the Momi Valley of Socotra. Photograph by Neil Lucas Saving the Dragon’s Blood 10.12.2022 Article - Despite a range of threats, from droughts and cyclones to goats and militarization, Socotra's iconic trees are staging a slow, patient comeback—with the help of the people who know them best.

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