Jonathan Lambert
Jonathan Lambert is a correspondent for NPR's Science Desk, where he covers the wonders of the natural world and how policy decisions can affect them.
Lambert has been covering science, health and policy for nearly a decade. He was a staff writer at Science News and Grid. He's also written for The Atlantic, National Geographic, Quanta Magazine and other outlets, exploring everything from why psychedelics are challenging how people evaluate drugs to how researchers reconstructed life's oldest common ancestor. Lambert got his start in science journalism answering vital questions from curious kids, including "Do animals fart?" for Brains On, a podcast from American Public Media. He interned for NPR's Science Desk in 2019 where he wrote about the evolutionary benefits of living close to grandma and racial gaps between who causes air pollution and who breathes it.
Lambert earned a Master's degree in neurobiology and behavior at Cornell University, where he studied the unusual sex lives of Hawaiian crickets. [Copyright 2024 NPR]
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Large scavengers like vultures and hyenas do an important job in protecting human health. But studies show these creatures are on the decline, allowing for the emergence of disease. -
A recent study shows that top scavengers, like hyenas, can be beneficial for human health. But the same study reveals that scavenger populations are declining and could mean more disease for humans.
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A new study looks at lives saved by USAID in the past and what the future without the agency will look like. -
A newly approved HIV medication provides near-total protection against infection with just two injections a year. It's called Lenacapavir. But the high price of the drug could limit its reach.
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A drug called lenacapavir, administered in two injections a year, offers protection from HIV comparable to daily pills. One looming question: Will it be affordable for lower resource countries? -
Global health specialists talk about the consequences of the full or partial ban on travel to the U.S. from 19 countries. -
For nearly 15 years, Dennis Burton worked on creating an HIV vaccine considered to be one of the leading vaccine efforts. In late May, he learned the Trump administration was ending the project.
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On May 30, a team of researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health got the word: Funding for their vaccine development program will end next year. -
The Trump administration is reinterpreting a key word in the Endangered Species Act that could have big consequences for the habitats of species at risk. -
A new study suggests Fiji's iguanas came from North America around 34 million years ago by floating some 5,000 miles. It's the longest-known dispersal of any land animal. So how did they do it?
