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Carl Zimmer

Autumn Leaves Make the Evening News

Posted on October 30, 2007July 7, 2020 by Lori Jia

A quick note: I just found out I’ll be on the ABC evening news tonight, about 5 minutes before the end of the show, talking about the mystery and glory of autumn leaves. I’ll post a link when I find it.

Update: Voila. 

Originally published October 30, 2007. Copyright 2007 Carl Zimmer.

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Carl Zimmer has been writing about science since 1990. Here you can read articles he's written for The New York Times, National Geographic, and other publications. In 2004, Zimmer launched "The Loom," a blog about science that has been hosted over the years by Discover and National Geographic. You can read these posts here. Zimmer also writes an email newsletter called "Friday's Elk." You can read past issues here, and can subscribe to receive new ones here. If you are searching for a particular topic, you can use the search bar below.

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