Mara Grunbaum

Reporter, Audubon magazine

Seattle-based journalist Mara Grunbaum writes about ecology, evolution, and wildlife.

Articles by Mara Grunbaum

A woman in winter gear walks through deep snow down a hill surrounded by evergreen trees, a vast snowy mountainous landscape in the background.
As Stands of Whitebark Pine Disappear, Could the Clark's Nutcracker Soon Follow?
November 18, 2023 — A intrepid researcher faces steep odds as she attempts to study nutcrackers in the Cascade Mountains. But the birds—and the singular trees they help sustain—are too important for her not to persist.