Kenna Hughes-Castleberry is a science writer and currently the Content Manager at Space.com. Previously, she was the Science Communicator (PIO) at JILA and Editor-in-Chief of their journal Light & Matter. Kenna is also a freelance journalist, and her beats include animals and animal intelligence, corvids, cephalopods, environmentalism, plants, and technology.
Her work has been featured in various publications, including National Geographic, Science Friday, Scientific American, New Scientist, Ars Technica, LiveScience, Space.com, Nature Biotechnology, Astronomy Magazine, and Octonation. She currently sits on the board of SWARM (Science Writers Association of the Rocky Mountains) and has taught media training, science writing, and science presentation to academics and students. She has also been a Fellow of the Erice International School of Science Communication and Journalism in Italy and a Fellow of the National Tropical Botanic Gardens Environmental Journalism program in Hawai’i.
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry
Learn more about Kenna’s journey in making science and scientific concepts more human, engaging, and accessible
Upcoming Book: Octopus X
A creature once dismissed as a myth.
A diver whose discoveries were buried for decades.
A mystery that refused to stay submerged.
In Octopus X, Kenna uncovers the true story of the world’s most rule-breaking octopus and the man who tried to tell the world about it long before anyone was willing to listen. From forgotten archives to tropical coastlines to the aquariums of dedicated hobbyists, this is a tale of science overturned, rediscovery against the odds, and the relentless pursuit of truth in a field that didn’t want to believe it.
Both a scientific detective story and a portrait of persistence, Octopus X reveals how one extraordinary animal forced researchers to rethink everything they believed about its kind.
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry
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