Claudia Geib
Claudia Geib is a Cape Cod science journalist, author, and Gastropod producer who explores the ocean, wildlife, conservation, and the science behind food.
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Known for
- Secrets of the Elephants2023 · Co-author with Paula Kahumbu
National Geographic - How Are Marine Robots Shaping Our Future?2025 · With James Bellingham
Hopkins Press - The Corals That Shouldn’t Exist2026 · Writer
bioGraphic - To Speak of the Sea in Irish2021 · Writer; anthologized in 2022
Hakai Magazine - Atlas Obscura Wild Life2024 · Contributing writer
Atlas Obscura
Overview
- Work
- Science journalist, author, editor, and podcast producer
- Based in
- Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- Education
- Journalism and environmental science at Northeastern University; master’s in science writing at MIT
- Podcast
- Producer of Gastropod since 2022
- Early milestone
- Mongabay’s inaugural Sue Palminteri Wildtech Reporting Fellow, June 2020 to January 2021
- Recognition
- Selected for The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2022
Mini bio
How it started.
Claudia grew up exploring Long Island tide pools and looking for whales. During a college internship at a green technology accelerator, listening to Radiolab helped her imagine a career making science stories feel alive. She studied journalism and environmental science at Northeastern, then earned a master’s in science writing at MIT.
Building her beat.
Her career has included newsroom work at Nautilus, Undark, and Futurism. Mongabay’s inaugural Sue Palminteri Wildtech Reporting Fellowship gave her a focused run at stories about conservation technology. Her 2021 Hakai article, To Speak of the Sea in Irish, was selected for The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2022.
Across the page and the microphone.
Since 2022, Claudia has produced Gastropod, the food science and history podcast hosted by Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley. Her books include Secrets of the Elephants with Paula Kahumbu and How Are Marine Robots Shaping Our Future? with James Bellingham. She also teaches science writing at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2026Okavango and the Source of Life: Exploring Africa’s Lost HeadwatersEditor
- 2025How Are Marine Robots Shaping Our Future?Credited collaborator with James Bellingham
- 2024Atlas Obscura Wild Life: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Living WondersContributing writer
- 2023Secrets of the ElephantsCo-author with Paula Kahumbu
- 2022The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2022Contributor: To Speak of the Sea in Irish
Podcasts
- 2025Radiolab: Baby SharkFeatured journalist
- 2022–presentGastropodProducer
- 2020–2022How to Save a PlanetFact-checker
Documentary films
- 2024The Arc of OblivionResearcher
- 2022Solving for ZeroResearcher
- 2020Picture a ScientistResearcher
- 2018The Most UnknownAssociate producer and researcher
Awards
Quotes
I’m a science omnivore.Claudia Geib, official About page
How she describes the curiosity behind her reporting, alongside her focus on marine and conservation science.
Trivia
- Gastropod describes her favorite hobby as finding new things to eat out of the ocean.
- Her Atlas Obscura Wild Life contributions ranged from forest dogs and barnacles to desert ponds containing ancient bacteria.
- She says Raising Baby Sharks from the Dead is one of her favorite stories she has reported.
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