Hi, I'm Stephenie Livingston. I’m a science journalist who likes to hang out in the places where science gets messy—where it collides with local culture, clashes with policy, or gets tangled in competing values and imperfect data.

 

I’m drawn to places where human life brushes up against the wild and to the people trying to make sense of it all. My stories often begin in the mud, in the trees, or underwater, with biologists, conservationists, and unexpected creatures at the center. Other times, it's an astronaut coaxing cloned tumors to grow in microgravity in the name of cancer research, or an aging astrophysicist still chasing equations that might one day clarify the shape of the universe.

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For the past 16 years, I’ve been chasing science stories that scratch at big questions and small oddities alike. My writing also appears in places you might know: Scientific American, Science, Audubon, National Wildlife, and beyond. I’ve penned content for institutions like the University of Florida, the Florida Museum of Natural History, and NASA.

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I gravitate toward subjects where science meets mystery: the quirky but the deeply consequential. Think a cyanide-laced aquarium fish trade, ancient seeds rediscovered in tribal gardens, or wildlife returning to fire-scoured landscapes.

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I don’t write to simplify science—I write to make you feel it. To capture the squelch of boots in a salt marsh, or the moment a researcher realizes the species she’s been tracking is completely new to science. I believe good science writing should feel like a window, not a wall.

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When I’m not writing, I’m hiking, mentoring early-career writers, or loitering in bookstores or thrift shops. And always on the hunt for a story that makes you say, "wait—what?"

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Got a tip, a story assignment, or a project you’d like to collaborate on? Let’s talk.

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