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About Eleanor Higgs

Eleanor Higgs

Eleanor Higgs

Digital Content Creator

About the Author

Eleanor is a zoologist, feminist, animal lover, and bookworm. Having graduated with a zoology degree from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford, she has previously worked in television, finding stories for shows such as The Secret Life of The Zoo and Springwatch. With a passion for conservation and environmental issues, she writes epic animal stories, voices and presents many of IFLScience's videos, creates content for the Instagram account, and is a regular co-host of IFLScience’s weekly Break It Down news podcast as well as IFLScience's flagship podcast, The Big Questions. In her spare time, she can be found binoculars in hand, looking for birds and local wildlife.  

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ACADEMIC HISTORY

University of Reading, BSc Zoology , 2015

University of Salford , MA Wildlife Documentary Production , 2018

TIME AT IFLSCIENCE

2022 - PRESENT

878 PUBLISHED ARTICLES

LOCATION

Cambridge

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Animals Conservation Rewilding New Species Ecology
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