Bec Crew

As Senior Editor at Nature, I produce journalism on trends, developments and policies in scientific research. Our content draws insights from the Nature Index database, which tracks affiliations of articles in high-quality journals.

Cover image for Nature Index China 2021 by Janelle Barone.

Delivering a new strange animal every week, my Creatura blog celebrates new species, strange behaviours and special adaptations. 

In May 2021, my second book, Creatura, was released by Australian Geographic.

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I'm a Sydney-based science journalist, editor and author.

I am currently Senior Editor at Nature Index, a publication of Nature that focuses on global research publishing trends.

I am the former Editor in Chief at ScienceAlert and Editorial Director at STEM Matters.

I write about weird and wonderful animals for Australian Geographic, and have run blogs at Scientific American and World's Best Ever. 

My first book, Zombie Tits, Astronaut Fish and Other Weird Animals, was published by NewSouth Press in 2011. My second book, Creatura, was published by Australian Geographic in 2021.

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becky.crew at gmail.com