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Christie Wilcox is an award-winning science writer with a decade of experience in online and print storytelling. Wilcox's extensive scientific background and firsthand experience as a researcher has given her a different perspective on the latest discoveries than most popular science writers. Through her writing, Wilcox shares her insatiable enthusiasm for biology, leveraging her doctoral training to produce highly-researched and accurate science journalism seasoned with humor and wit; her bylines include The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Popular Science, Discover, Gizmodo, and National Geographic, among others. Her first book Venomous, a popular science book on venoms (August 2016), has garnered widespread acclaim, incl Picture
Christie Wilcox is an award-winning science writer with a decade of experience in online and print storytelling. Wilcox's extensive scientific background and firsthand experience as a researcher has given her a different perspective on the latest discoveries than most popular science writers. Through her writing, Wilcox shares her insatiable enthusiasm for biology, leveraging her doctoral training to produce highly-researched and accurate science journalism seasoned with humor and wit; her bylines include The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Popular Science, Discover, Gizmodo, and National Geographic, among others. Her first book Venomous, a popular science book on venoms (August 2016), has garnered widespread acclaim, including coveted spots on the list of Best Science Books of 2016 from Amazon and Smithsonian Magazine.

Wilcox began her writing career blogging at Observations of a Nerd in 2008, creating Science Sushi in 2011 when she joined the Scientific American blogging network. In 2013, she moved Science Sushi to Discover Magazine, where it remained for 5 years before findings its own independent home. From 2017 to 2021, Wilcox worked as an editor and writer for SciShow, where she got to translate her love for science into engaging episode scripts for one of YouTube's best and biggest science video channels. Now, she's the newsletter editor for The Scientist, where she's helping scientists make the world better.

In addition, Wilcox is a passionate activist for the use of social media for scientific outreach. She has written feature articles, essays, editorial pieces, and blog posts on the topic of science education and communication using new media platforms. Her passionate appeal to draw scientists online has garnered her multiple speaking engagements at national conferences, and she has led workshops for other scientists on how to engage through new media for major scientific organizations including the National Institutes of Health and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and created a resource wiki on online outreach. Most recently, she led an elite team of editors in pulling together over 25 of the greatest online science communicators to create Science Blogging: The Essential Guide, released March 2016.

Wilcox obtained her Ph.D. in 2014 in Cell and Molecular Biology with a specialization in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and has published numerous peer-reviewed publications in addition to her lay-level writing. Wilcox lives in the Puget Sound area, where she tries not to miss the sunny shores she grew accustomed to during her doctoral training. ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 1,678 ratings · 258 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry 4.11 avg rating — 1,616 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Science Blogging: The Essential Guide by Christie Wilcox (Editor), Bethany Brookshire (Editor), Jason G. Goldman (Editor) 3.95 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	نویسندگی علمی در جهان علم by Christie Wilcox (Editor), Bethany Brookshire (Editor), Jason G. Goldman (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“To earn the prestigious descriptor of “venomous,” an organism must be more than just toxic; it must also have a specific means of delivering its dangerous goods into another animal. It has to be proactive about its toxicity.”
― Christie Wilcox, Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry

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“There are species on this planet we've never seen. They live in lands and seas that no human has ever explored, and they are struggling to survive in a world unknown to us...We destroy their homes. And then they are gone, before we even have a chance to meet them.
Every species on this planet tells a story, an evolutionary novel packed with generations upon generations of knowledge. Letting those species disappear is like setting fire to every library on earth...the key to understanding life itself- is right here: millions of years of trial and error, data we can never even hope to accrue on our own...The only way we will ever learn what animals have to teach us about ourselves- about life- is if we keep them around.”
― Christie Wilcox, Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry

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“Instead, the Snake Detection Theory, as Isbell refers to it, posits that as our ancestors split from the lemurs and other early primates, they were forced to adapt to a change in the predators they knew all too well. In Asia or Africa around 60 million years ago, the snakes became more venomous (though scientists aren’t quite sure why then and there). The Viperidae and Elapidae were born.”
― Christie Wilcox, Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry

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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben

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Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life by Edward O. Wilson

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Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry by Christie Wilcox

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I, Mammal: The Story of What Makes Us Mammals by Liam Drew

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On Trails: An Exploration by Robert Moor

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

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