William von Herff

I am a scientist-turned-science writer who writes about the environment, conservation, and natural history. I am currently a Senior Communications Associate at the green energy nonprofit Greenlight America, though I am still an occasional freelance reporter. 

I received my M.S. from the Graduate Program in Science Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and from 2023 to 2025, I was a staff science reporter for the Provincetown Independent on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. My work can also be found in Canadian Geographic, The Atlantic, Smithsonian Magazine, WIRED, Inside Climate News, Sierra, Hakai Magazine, Popular Science, MIT Technology Review, Atlas Obscura, Birding Magazine, BirdNote, and The Outside Story. 

I also publish weekly articles on my Substack, Charismatic Manyfauna.