Monica Evans
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About Monica Evans
Monica Evans is a freelance writer who loves exploring the places where ecological and social issues meet. She has a master’s degree in science (development studies) and contributes regularly to Mongabay. She lives in Whāingaroa/Raglan, a surf town on New Zealand’s wild west coast, where she keeps alpacas and raises a free-range toddler.
The race to save this tiny bat
For scientists, monitoring the feisty, endangered burrowing bat from New Zealand includes moments of “actual madness.”
They’re not ready to go yet
As climate impacts grow, an Indigenous Fijian community weighs what it means to leave.