Michael Tennesen

Michael Tennesen is a science writer who has written more than three hundred stories in such journals as Science, Audubon, Discover, Smithsonian, New Scientist, National Wildlife, Scientific Amercan, and others. He was a Media Fellow at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, and a Writer in Residence at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York. He lives in the California desert near Joshua Tree National Park with his wife, his dog, and his tortoise.