​Sam Zlotnik is a science writer, ecologist, and evolutionary biologist. He currently writes for Smithsonian Magazine as a 2022 AAAS Mass Media Fellow.

Sam has a B.S. and M.S. in biology, a B.A. in psychology, and is completing a Ph.D. in ecology at the University of Florida. Their Ph.D. research focuses on feeding behavior and mouthpart development in leaf-footed bugs.

​You can contact Sam via email or Twitter.

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How photography can overturn traditional killing of rattlesnakes​

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As scientists, we need to stop using harmful and misleading terminology

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