Hailey Smalley

Hailey Smalley (she/they) is an environmental and health journalist based out of western Montana. Their work has been featured with Audubon, Montana Free Press and Montana Public Radio.

A Texas Research Facility Preserves Some of the Country’s Most Bizarre Endangered Species

Researchers unravel the mysteries of an aquifer-dwelling blind salamander and its aquatic neighbors

By Hailey Smalley March 11, 2025

In this story: animals

A mauve salamander with external gills, in the water, in front of some green plant matter

Two Stoneflies Lead the Way for Conserving Other Uncharismatic Species

The Endangered Species Act protection of two alpine flies could help reshape the future of invertebrates worldwide

By Hailey Smalley December 28, 2023

In this story: endangered species, insects

Hailey Smalley

A Texas Research Facility Preserves Some of the Country’s Most Bizarre Endangered Species

Two Stoneflies Lead the Way for Conserving Other Uncharismatic Species

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