Hugh Powell is the editor of Cornell Lab’s “All About Birds” website and species guide, and writes and edits for the member magazine “Living Bird.” He holds an M.S. from the University of Montana and a Graduate Certificate in Science Writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz. As a grad student, Powell spent three summers in the Idaho wilderness climbing dead trees to understand what black-backed woodpeckers eat. He studied ornithology in college and graduate school, where he became fascinated by the value of telling stories about science to people who weren’t academics. After a stint as an editor at an ornithological journal, he enrolled in a science writing program that specializes in teaching journalism to scientists. Since then, science writing has taken Powell to Antarctica, South America, Africa, Iceland and elsewhere. He still finds satisfaction in providing someone with information that sparks their own curiosity and sense of adventure.