Liza Gross is an award-winning freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay area and a senior editor at the open-access biomedical journal PLOS Biology. She writes about wildlife, ecology and evolution, conservation, environmental health, science policy, and more. Her stories reflect her wide-ranging interests and curiosity about the natural world and our place in it, and have appeared in diverse outlets, including the Nation, New York Times, Discover, Science Insider, Slate, NPR, the Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, National Geographic’s News Watch, High Country News, East Bay Express, Scientific American, Sierra, Tikkun, PLOS Biology, Wines & Vines, Wine Spectator. She blogs about ecology, wildlife, and environmental health at KQED Science.