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Mikael Angelo Francisco

Mikael Angelo Francisco is a science journalist and illustrator from the Philippines who enjoys writing about paleontology, biodiversity, environment conservation, and science in pop culture. He has written and edited books about media literacy, Filipino scientists, and science trivia.

Ann Druyan on How NASA’s Golden Records Got Made

A comic about humanity’s love letter to interstellar space

January 28, 2026

Why Birds Sing So Differently

A comic explains the highs and lows of birdsong

When Is a Species Lost Forever?

The slender-billed curlew as an illustrated case study

February 3, 2025

The Amazing, Ageless Axolotl!

What we can learn about growing old from a tiny aquatic monster.

November 11, 2024

7 of the World’s Strangest Plants

These plants feature some seriously funky adaptations.

7 Famous Fossil Hoaxes

How scientists over history excavated the fakes.

September 17, 2024

How History Did the Dodo Wrong

Who are you calling inept and unfit?

September 16, 2024