Science + Nature Speakers

Enlightening and accessible, our science and nature author speakers explore health, medicine, the animal kingdom, the environment, and beyond to reveal the intricate connections between science and ourselves.

Jennifer Ackerman

Award-winning science writer, author of The Genius of Birds and What an Owl Knows

Suzanne Simard

Leader of The Mother Tree Project and author of Finding the Mother Tree

Ed Yong

Pulitzer Prize-winner and bestselling author of An Immense World

Carl Zimmer

New York Times columnist and award-winning science journalist

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Adam Benforado

New York Times bestselling author of A Minor Revolution and Unfair

Deborah Blum

Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Poisoner's Handbook and The Poison Squad

Cat Bohannon

Researcher and New York Times bestselling author of Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

John Carreyrou

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author of the New York Times bestseller Bad Blood

Susan Casey

New York Times-bestselling author of The Underworld and former editor in chief of O, The Oprah Magazine

Christian Cooper

Emmy Award-winning host of Extraordinary Birder on National Geographic and bestselling author of Better Living Through Birding

David Ewing Duncan

Award-winning science and technology journalist and bestselling author of Talking to Robots

Jasmin Graham

Shark Scientist, environmental educator, and President/CEO of Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS)

Conor Knighton

Emmy-winning correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and New York Times-bestselling author

Robert Kolker

Award-winning journalist and instant #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden Valley Road

Dr. Matt McCarthy

Bestselling author of Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic and Associate Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine

Barry Meier

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter behind the Netflix hit, “Painkiller”

Jenny Odell

New York Times-bestselling author of How to Do Nothing and Saving Time

Delia Owens

#1 New York Times-bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing and wildlife scientist

Neil Shubin

Evolutionary biologist, discoverer of the "Missing Link," and author of Your Inner Fish

Bren Smith

Restorative ocean farmer, co-founder of GreenWave, and author of Eat Like a Fish

Dr. Dana Suskind

Pediatric physician and author of Human Raised: Nurturing Connection, Curiosity and Lifelong Learning in the Age of AI, Thirty Million Words, and Parent Nation

Neil Swidey

Award-winning journalist and author of Trapped Under the Sea, and specialist in risk and safety

Gary Taubes

Science and health journalist, nutrition expert, and bestselling author

Jordan Thomas

Anthropologist and author of National Book Award finalist When It All Burns

Dr. Vint Virga

Distinguished veterinary practitioner and animal behaviorist, and author of The Soul of All Living Creatures

Nicholas Wade

Freelance writer and former science reporter for The New York Times
Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau