Benji Jones

Reporter

Benji is an environmental reporter at Vox.com, where he writes about the science and politics of the biodiversity crisis. Prior to joining Vox, he covered the energy industry as a senior reporter at Business Insider. His writing also appears in National Geographic, Smithsonian, and Audubon Magazine. Benji has an MS in ecology and evolution, and he's based in Brooklyn, NY.

Climate scientists should pay more attention to fish poop. Really.

By Benji Jones October 8

Why the Huntington Beach oil spill is so harmful to wildlife

By Benji Jones October 6

What “extinction” really means — and what it leaves out

By Benji Jones September 30

See where birds are migrating in real time, in one map

By Benji Jones September 28

What happens when billionaires jump on the biodiversity bandwagon

By Benji Jones September 23

The surprising downsides to planting trillions of trees

By Benji Jones September 22

Wildfires in Australia caused an explosion of sea life thousands of miles away

By Benji Jones September 15

Grass is good. Lawns are terrible.

By Benji Jones September 10

Why are these octopuses hurling shells at each other?

By Benji Jones September 5

Why Hurricane Ida has been so devastating to the Gulf Coast

By Umair Irfan and Benji Jones August 30