Justine E. Hausheer is an award-winning science writer for The Nature Conservancy, covering the innovative research conducted by the Conservancy’s scientists in the Asia Pacific region. She has a degree from Princeton University and a master’s in Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting from New York University. Justine’s favorite stories take her into pristine forests, desolate deserts, or far-flung islands to report on field research as it’s happening. When not writing, you can find her traipsing after birds, spotlighting for mammals, and exploring the wild places around her home on Australia’s Sunshine Coast.
Justine E. Hausheer
Science Writer
Featured Stories from Justine
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Swift Parrots and the Heartbreak of Rare Species
Is it wrong for wildlife watchers to seek out a species because we fear its extinction?
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Extreme Birding: The Strange Magic of Pelagics
12 hours on a small boat with 16 strangers, all to see a handful of seabirds? Welcome to the strange magic of pelagic birding.
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Satellite Tracking the Pacific’s Most Endangered Leatherback Turtles
A new satellite tagging study in the Solomon Islands will help protect critically endangered leatherback sea turtles.
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Bowerbirds: Meet the Bird World’s Kleptomaniac Love Architects
They display, they dance, and they collect baubles like a jealous hoarder. Meet Australia’s incredible bowerbirds.
All Stories from Justine
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TNC Scientist Honored with Naming of New Skink Species
It’s not every day that a young female scientist is honored alongside David Attenborough and E. O. Wilson.
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Saving Dixie: 24 Hours Caring for a Wallaby Joey
Writer Justine Hausheer spends 24 hours caring for an orphaned wallaby.
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7 Strange Species from the Ocean’s Depths
Eye-eating worms, crabs that look like a yeti, and eels that help fish hunt.
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Migration Data Helps Protect Leatherbacks Across Oceans
Data from a TNC-lead tagging study reveals the epic migrations of leatherback turtles.
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Meet the Leatherback: A Giant, Deep-Diving Migrant of the Open Seas
What dives deeper than a submarine, swims across oceans, is covered in polka-dots, and has a mouth straight out of a horror movie?
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When Sea Cucumbers Spawn, Where Do Their Larvae Go?
New research on sea cucumber genetics indicates that locally managed marine areas are a good way to protect this fishery for communities.
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Meet the Amazing Giant Rats of Oceania
Rats that climb trees, swim in rivers, grow to epic sizes, and evade detection by scientists for decades. Meet seven spectacular rat species from Oceania.
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Scientists Re-Discover Giant Rat Not Seen in 30+ Years
A TNC-funded expedition in the Solomon Islands has re-discovered a giant rat species.
