Marina Richie

Marina Richie is an American nature writer and wildlife conservation journalist whose work explores the lives of wild animals and the efforts of scientists and advocates working to protect them. With a background in environmental writing and reporting, Richie has contributed to magazines, newspapers, and conservation publications across the country, developing a reputation for combining rigorous science journalism with the kind of narrative storytelling that brings wild creatures to life on the page.

She is associated with the acclaimed naturalist and author Sy Montgomery, with whom she collaborated on Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa’s Fastest Cats, a book aimed at young readers that tells the story of the scientists and conservationists working to protect one of the world’s most endangered large cats. The book reflects Richie’s commitment to science-based conservation storytelling and her ability to translate complex ecological issues into narratives accessible to younger audiences.

Richie’s broader career as a wildlife conservation journalist has taken her to wild places and introduced her to the scientists, rangers, and community members on the front lines of efforts to protect biodiversity. Her reporting has addressed topics ranging from large mammal conservation to habitat protection and the human dimensions of living alongside wildlife. She brings to this work both a journalist’s instinct for the telling detail and a naturalist’s appreciation for the intricate lives of the animals she writes about.

Her work reflects a conviction shared by the best writers in the conservation journalism tradition: that telling the stories of individual animals and the people who care for them is among the most powerful means of building public support for the protection of wild species and the places they inhabit.