Director of Photography
Dana Whitcombe
Dana leads Acta Cosmica's visual journalism and reports on neuroscience, ecology, and the natural world. Her work has appeared in major international publications across four continents.
Latest by Dana
6 total
Neuroscience
A new map of the human brain, cell by cell
Researchers have catalogued more than 3,000 cell types in the most detailed atlas yet.
Jun 28, 2026 · 6 min
Ecology
How fungi networks quietly run the forest floor
The underground web trading nutrients between trees is bigger than anyone thought.
Jun 3, 2026 · 6 min
Wildlife
Return of the Arctic fox, in photographs
A decade documenting one of the north's great comebacks.
May 3, 2026 · Photo essay
Genetics
The ancient DNA rewriting the story of the first Americans
New sequencing pushes human arrival on the continent back by millennia.
Jun 8, 2026 · 8 min
History
The lost library of Timbuktu
Hundreds of thousands of manuscripts survived conquest, occupation, and fire. The scholars who saved them are still counting.
Jun 5, 2026 · 10 min
Wildlife
The quiet comeback of the gray wolf, in photographs
A decade documenting one of the west's great recoveries.
Jun 20, 2026 · Photo essay