María de los Ángeles Orfila

María de los Ángeles Orfila

Live Science Contributor

María de los Ángeles Orfila is a science journalist from Montevideo, Uruguay, known for her long-form writing featured in El País and El Observador. She also participated in the Sharon Dunwoody Mentoring Program 2023 offered by The Open Notebook and has bylines in Science, Scientific American, and Discover Magazine, among other outlets.

Articles by: María de los Ángeles Orfila

Single pelagic tunicate or salp (Salpa aspera), with transparent body.

Salps: The world's fastest-growing animals that look like buckets of snot

By María de los Ángeles Orfila published

In just 48 hours, salps can reach maturity, making them the fastest-growing multicellular animals on Earth, with a significant impact on ocean health.

Three panels showing different desert flower blooms with dew drops on the petals

See stunning photos of the Atacama Desert — the driest on Earth — blooming in winter for 1st time in a decade

By María de los Ángeles Orfila published

"This very arid soil houses a treasure," ecologist María Fernanda Pérez told Live Science after the Atacama Desert produced a rare winter bloom.