Illustrated spread exploring the glacier meltwater and cloud forests that feed the Amazon River. For the October 2024 issue of National Geographic Magazine.

Information graphic by Monica Serrano

Illustrated spread exploring the headwaters of the Amazon River. For the October 2024 issue of National Geographic Magazine.

Information graphic by Monica Serrano.

Illustrated gatefold spread exploring the flooded forests of the Amazon River’s during the dry and wet seasons. For the October 2024 issue of National Geographic Magazine.

Information graphic by Monica Serrano.

Illustrated spread exploring the mangrove forests and coastal reefs fed by the discharge of the Amazon River. For the October 2024 issue of National Geographic Magazine.

Information graphic by Monica Serrano.

Illustration highlighting key features that makes Oregon State University’s marine center ready to withstand earthquakes and tsunamis. Published in the Winter 2025 issue of Oregon Stater.

Illustrated comic on how AI models generate images from text.

Published in the October 2023 issue of Scientific American.

Bizarre ‘Hot Jupiter’ Planets Keep Surprising Astronomers. There are three possible theories to explain how these exoplanets form.

Published online March 2024 for Scientific American.

As the landscape of Utah changes, the University of Utah is helping guide the state to a prosperous future.

An illustrated spread opener for “A New Utah” published in the Winter 2024 issue of the University of Utah Magazine.

A particular set of atmospheric conditions are required for tornadoes to form. This comic graphic explainer was published in the July/August 2023 issue of Scientific American.

Full page illustration showing the return of Ferdinand Magellan’s turbulent expedition to circumnavigate the globe.

Appearing in the September 2022 issue of National Geographic.

Illustrations for an information graphic on the Rising Star Cave, home to the remains of Homo naledi, an ancient hominid species.

Graphic by Jason Treat.

Published in the July 2023 issue of National Geographic.

Full page illustration for American Forests on the importance of the Whitebark Pine and the threats it currently faces.

Spot illustrations highlight threats to Whitebark Pines. Accompanying a full page illustration in American Forests Magazine.

Illustrations created for the website launch of Aalyria, a company developing and orchestrating laser communication networks on a planetary scale.

Spot illustrations of technologies inspired by the art of origami for an infographic by Alberto Lucas López.

Appearing in the February 2023 issue of National Geographic.

Opening illustration and illustrated map for a story on L.A.’s native big cats and the risks they face from urban development.

Appearing in Loyola Marymount University Magazine.

Illustrated page on LiDAR technology as a conservation tool.

Appearing in Summer 2021 issue of World Wildlife Magazine.

New science studies the roach’s best defense against the parasitic Jewel Wasp: a little old fashioned wrestling.

Illustrated spread appears in the February 2021 issue of Scientific American.

Illustration for a map spread in National Geographic covering preservation efforts in Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula.

Map by Riley D. Champine and Manuel Canales.

A look at a soilless technique of growing crops for the November 2020 issue of World Wildlife Magazine.

Illustration for a story in World Wildlife Magazine on how LED buoys can keep turtles and unwanted bycatch out of fishing nets.

Illustrations done for Smithsonian Magazine article about a blast-injury expert’s investigation into the loss of the HL Hunley, a confederate submersible that sank the USS Housatonic during the Civil War.

Global and regional effects of climate change amplify the severity of extreme weather events, as was the case with nor’easter, Riley, which devastated the northeastern U.S. in 2018.

Illustrated graphic appeared in the June 2019 issue of Scientific American.

Los Angeles sits overtop a complex array of fault lines stemming from the infamous San Andreas fault. It’s important to know the major risks involved in seismic event which is not a matter of “if,” but “when.”

Illustrated graphic appeared in Pentagram’s redesign launch issue of Loyola Marymount University Magazine, Spring 2019.

In remote, dry climates, farming can be difficult. But with the help of fog catchers, famers in the forested mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico are able to cultivate small plots of land and make their living.

Illustrated graphic appears in the Summer 2019 issue of World Wildlife magazine.

Illustrated graphics displaying the electric eel’s shocking offensive and defensive capabilities.

Appears in the April 2019 issue of Scientific American.

The Gran Chaco is a vast and varied landscape spanning Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina, under threat by logging, agriculture, and over development. These double gatefold illustrations appear in the Summer 2018 issue of World Wildlife Magazine.

The Gran Chaco is a vast and varied landscape spanning Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina, under threat by logging, agriculture, and over development. These double gatefold illustrations appear in the Summer 2018 issue of World Wildlife Magazine.

Illustrated comic graphic on the origins of life on Earth. Published in the June 2018 issue of Scientific American.

Various spot illustration portraits done for National Geographic Traveler.

Poster for the National Parks Service Alaska Archaeology Month 2018, highlighting the Ocean Bay, an ancient people of the arctic.

Comic story for World Wildlife Magazine about a conflict tiger in the Russian Far East, Uporny. It was captured, rehabilitated, and released into the wild. Researchers monitored it movements, gaining incredible insights into the life and death of an elusive species. 

Illustration for a graphic showing the shredding of a star by the gravity of super massive black hole. Published in the April 2017 issue of Scientific American.

Poster for the National Parks Service Alaska Archaeology Month 2017, highlighting the Paleoarctic, an ancient people of the arctic.

Mangroves play a crucial role in nearly two-thirds of tropical coastal ecosystems. They provide habitat for many land and sea species, protect shorelines from erosion, and act as a natural carbon sink. This illustration appears in the Winter 2016 issue of World Wildlife Magazine. 

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Destruction and theft of cultural antiquities are often linked to conflict. Since the outbreak of the civil war in Syria, looting has risen to devastating levels, with ISIS as one of the biggest perpetrators. This illustrated spread was published in the June 2016 issue of National Geographic. 

An animated version can be found at ngm.com

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Illustrated graphic depicting how the Yellowstone ecosystem recovers from severe wildfire events. Graphic appeared in the May 2016 issue of National Geographic. 

Poster for the National Parks Service's Alaska Archaeology Month, highlighting Alaska's ancient people, the Northern Archaic. 

Comic spread, On Sinister Pond, for November 2014 issue of National Geographic. Awarded Bronze at Malofiej 23. 

Animated video can be seen at video.ngm.com.

Interactive version at ngm.com. Silver medal winner at SND Digital 2015.

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Comic spread, The Case of the Fearless Rat, for November 2014 issue of National Geographic. Awarded Bronze at Malofiej 23. 

Animated video can be seen at video.ngm.com.

Interactive version at ngm.com. Silver medal winner at SND Digital 2015.

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Illustrated portraits for an information graphic in the May 2012 issue of National Geographic. Layout and graphic by Lawson Parker.