Cara Giaimo lives in Somerville, MA, with her wife, Lilia, two cats, many plants, and uncountable neighborhood rats. A former staff writer at Atlas Obscura, Giaimo has written about our fellow species for the New York Times,The Plant,The Drift, and elsewhere. Her first book, Detector Dogs (with Christina Couch), was published in 2022. Her most recent book, Atlas Obscura: Wild Life, is forthcoming this September. She plays guitar in Sidebody.