Rachel Nuwer

Rachel Nuwer is an independent American journalist and author of the 2018 nonfiction book Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking (Da Capo Press).

She has covered the issue of poaching from the perspectives of criminals, activists and science for years in prominent publications, including the Smithsonian, BBC Future, The New York Times, and National Geographic.

[1] Nuwer grew up in Mississippi and studied biology at Loyola University New Orleans where she spent time researching Mekong River fish.

[3] The master's thesis she completed for her East Anglia degree was published by the Cambridge University Press.

[5] A review of the book in Reason noted that Nuwer "mostly prefers to explore the positive potential of ecstasy and the forces, such as MAPS, seeking to unleash it" and that her book "covers a little too briefly" adverse events like suicidal ideation of some trial participants.