Cara Giaimo covers our fellow species for numerous publications, as well as in her newsletter, “What’s New in Animals and Plants.” She is the author of the sea creature-based life advice book Leaving The Ocean Was a Mistake and the bestselling nature compendium Atlas Obscura: Wild Life. Cara is also an artist, a musician, and a community organizer in Somerville, Massachusetts, where she lives with her wife, two cats, and uncountable neighborhood rats.