Dyani Lewis is a freelance science journalist based in Melbourne whose reporting runs the gamut from news to features, essays to in-depth investigations. Her usual passions — human evolution and the tensions between conservation and society — have taken a backseat to reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic. She is a four-time contributor to The Best Australian Science Writing and has articles published in Nature, Cosmos, the Monthly, the Guardian, the Atlantic (via Undark), and Science.