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Ari Daniel
Ari Daniel is a reporter for NPR's Science desk where he covers global health and development.
Ari has always been drawn to science and the natural world. As a graduate student, Ari trained gray seal pups (
Halichoerus grypus
) for his Master's degree in animal behavior at the University of St. Andrews, and helped tag wild Norwegian killer whales (
Orcinus orca
) for his Ph.D. in biological oceanography at MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. For more than a decade, as a science reporter and multimedia producer, Ari has interviewed a species he's better equipped to understand –
Homo sapiens
Over the years, Ari has reported across five continents on science topics ranging from astronomy to zooxanthellae. His radio pieces have aired on NPR,
The World
Radiolab
Here & Now
, and
Living on Earth
. Ari formerly worked as the Senior Digital Producer at NOVA where he helped oversee the production of the show's digital video content. He is a co-recipient of the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Gold Award for his stories on glaciers and climate change in Greenland and Iceland.
In the fifth grade, Ari won the "Most Contagious Smile" award.
National News
How mosquitoes — and malaria — helped shape the whereabouts of early humankind
Ari Daniel
A new study looks at an unexpected force that played a critical role in shaping the lives of ancient humans.
National News
AI's a suck up. Research shows how it flatters and suggests we're not to blame
Ari Daniel
The AI models and chatbots that we interact with tend to affirm our feelings and viewpoints — more so than people do, with potentially worrisome consequences.
Health & Fitness
How malaria has shaped the path of human settlements
Ari Daniel
A new study looks at thousands of years worth of data and finds that malaria hot spots have played a critical role in shaping where humans settled and either thrived or failed to thrive.
National News
How seals' whiskers make them master underwater hunters
Ari Daniel
Their sensitive facial hair may be the harbor seals superpower for tracking fish, scientists are learning.
National News
These rock-climbing fish can shimmy up a 50-foot waterfall
Ari Daniel
New research from the Democratic Republic of Congo offers a behavioral and anatomical portrait of a species that can achieve surprising athletic feats.
Morning Edition | Weekend Edition
Tiny fish prove adept at climbing waterfalls
Ari Daniel
Scientists discovered a tiny fish that can climb up a 50-foot waterfall in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a rare feat for a small fish.
National News
Domino, the warty frogfish, is the first of its kind to be raised in captivity
Ari Daniel
Scientists say the little fish may hold broader lessons for raising other marine species in captivity.
Lessons a Chicago aquarium learned from successfully rearing a warty frogfish
Ari Daniel
Staff at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium have reared a special kind of fish known as a warty frogfish for the first time in captivity. Their success may hold broader lessons for raising marine species.
Health & Fitness
AI affirms our own viewpoints and harms willingness to resolve conflict, study finds
Ari Daniel
The AI models and chatbots tend to validate our feelings and viewpoints — and provide advice accordingly. More so than people might, a new study finds — with potentially worrisome consequences.
Morning Edition | Weekend Edition
Against all odds, this aquarium has reared a very special kind of fish in captivity
Ari Daniel
Staff at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium have reared a special kind of fish known as a warty frogfish for the first time in captivity. Their success may hold broader lessons for raising marine species.
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