John R. Platt John R. Platt covers endangered species, environmental science, and technology for Scientific American, TakePart, Audubon and other publications. He lives in Portland, Ore., which of course means he has backyard chickens.
Vote for Biodiversity New research shows local ballot initiatives to preserve open land are great at preserving species, too By John R. Platt November 1, 2016 In this story: politics