Véronique LaCapra
Science reporter Véronique LaCapra first caught the radio bug writing commentaries for NPR affiliate WAMU in Washington, D.C. After producing her first audio documentaries at the Duke Center for Documentary Studies in N.C., she was hooked! She has done ecological research in the Brazilian Pantanal; regulated pesticides for the Environmental Protection Agency in Arlington, Va.; been a freelance writer and volunteer in South Africa; and contributed radio features to the Voice of America in Washington, D.C. She earned a Ph.D. in ecosystem ecology from the University of California in Santa Barbara, and a B.A. in environmental policy and biology from Cornell. LaCapra grew up in Cambridge, Mass., and in her mother’s home town of Auxerre, France. LeCapra reported for St. Louis Public Radio from 2010 to 2016.
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Updated 10/9/2013 6:42 The Missouri Department of Corrections has announced that it will be returning some of its propofol to its supplier, as the company
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Governor Jay Nixon said Missouri will be moving forward with two executions later this year, in spite of objections from the American Civil Liberties Union
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Starting on October 1, Missourians will be able to shop for health insurance through a new online marketplace. Its one of the biggest changes in health
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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was in St. Louis on Thursday to talk about the Affordable Care Act. Sebelius met with city...
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Missouri's coal-fired power plants are among the largest sources of carbon dioxide pollution in the country and a significant contributor to global
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The Environmental Protection Agency is holding a public hearing Thursday evening about a proposed agreement to address water pollution from the illegal
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Updated at 5:00 p.m. A St. Louis-based environmental group has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for failing to provide information
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For a second year, the St. Louis Zoo is continuing efforts to bring back an endangered beetle to southwestern Missouri. On Tuesday, more than 300 pairs...
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The tiny, speckled eggs of Japanese quail should be easy targets for hungry predators. But these quail have a survival advantage — each goes out of her way, research suggests, to choose a nesting location that best matches the particular color pattern of her eggs.
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There are as many as 47 million pet cats out hunting for prey. Add that to the tens of millions of feral cats and strays, and researchers estimate that the furry felines are responsible for billions of bird and small mammal deaths every year.