Olivia Young

Freelance travel & science journalist with bylines in @natgeo, @travelleisure, @sierra_magazine, @atlasobscura, @afarmedia, & more.

[Olivia Young @olivia_yg]

funny career pinch-me moment I never would have expected: something I wrote for T+L is now listed on the Merriam-Webster site as an example of how to use the word "arboreal" in a sentence lol

[Chadner Navarro @chadner]

I regularly receive PR requests to amend published content: swap images, mention things that weren’t, move them up if it’s a roundup. Some aren’t even in there and ask to be retroactively added.

Spot an error? Fine. Want to control coverage? Take out an ad and leave me alone.

[Olivia Young @olivia_yg]

My debut for @NatGeo is about how a West Virginia state park's pursuit of International Dark Sky status led to the discovery of rare synchronous fireflies✨ https://t.co/14vUBoVdyF

[Olivia Young @olivia_yg]

It was crazy fun (and challenging) to dig into the tourism around psychedelic mushrooms in Oaxaca and what the last major solar eclipse has to do with it. https://t.co/7ky1ayHBbv

[Olivia Young @olivia_yg]

Had so much fun talking to Lynn Frierson Faust and @RaphaelSarfati for this story about synchronous fireflies in the Smokies for @goingtweets ✨

[Going @goingtweets]

Each year, synchronous fireflies—resembling blinking Christmas lights or a sky full of flickering stars—bathe the US in a mesmerizing twinkle. And Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the epicenter of dramatic displays. Read our guide for how to get in on this year’s lottery. https://t.co/5nI0imypkB

[Atlas Obscura @atlasobscura]

We’re heartbroken over the loss of life following the earthquake in Morocco, where we have many close ties through our trips program. If you’d like to donate, our partners @Intrepid_Travel, via the Intrepid Foundation, have organized a relief fund to help.
https://t.co/rzshju8hRw

[Olivia Young @olivia_yg]

Happy Earth Day! Here's some actual, non-greenwashy travel advice from the folks at @CREST_Travel, @kindtraveler, @gadventures & @PlaneterraCares https://t.co/MWxTmn71NP

[Ben See @ClimateBen]

BREAKING: new study confirms Earth’s greatest abundances of insect life may be suffering calamitous collapses due to agriculture and abrupt climate change during global capitalism 🧵

[Olivia Young @olivia_yg]

One easy thing you can do for the environment this week: Call your senators and urge them to support carbon pricing in the budget reconciliation package. Money collected from big oil will go toward dividends to make green energy cheaper. The time is now. DM me for a script!

[National Parks Conservation Association @NPCA]

From economic benefits to endangered species recovery, these are just a few of the reasons why we work to protect our national parks 🏞️ https://t.co/VHCG3JTv5A

[Olivia Young @olivia_yg]

The very cicadas that are about to emerge in 15 states have been nomming on tree roots beneath our feet since I had a Nokia flip phone https://t.co/kK6fUMCVEc

[ECONYL® brand @ECONYL]

#Foodwaste #upcycling: an environmental win-win https://t.co/S6zB5wF5D1 #circulareconomy

[Olivia Young @olivia_yg]

Happy #WorldWaterDay! It's time to take a good look at the ingredients in your shampoo - 95% water. Read my story on water waste in the beauty industry and what some brands are doing about it on @ecoage https://t.co/E9HqQVFa1W

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

[Olivia Young @olivia_yg]

"We love you. You're very special," trump says to terrorists who just broke into the Capitol...

[Virgin Pickle Queen @GorillaaMamaa]

I can’t fucking breathe 😂😂😂😂😂

[Olivia Young @olivia_yg]

@emmagannon @reasontorent is a monthly subscription-based UK option!

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I am beyond proud of my colleagues and excited to be a part of this #BDGUnion!

[BDG Union @bdgunion]

Sources claim BDG is forming a union. (It’s us. We’re saying it.) #BDGUnion

Read our full letter here: https://t.co/px2hP1luI5