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Ryan Huling
Ryan Huling, author
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Ryan Huling is an American writer[1] and the author of the nonfiction travelogue The Hidden Nations of Animals: A Grand Tour of Earth’s Wild Civilizations.[2]

Huling is a senior writer at The Good Food Institute (GFI) Asia Pacific, a Singapore-based think tank.[3] Prior to joining GFI, he worked as an international expert for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations[4] and a director at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).[5]

The Hidden Nations of Animals

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Huling’s debut book was published on June 2, 2026 by Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House.[6][7] Among the places he travels in the book are Canada’s “beaver belt,”[8] the Kazakh Steppe,[9] and the Korean Demilitarized Zone.[10] His writing is accompanied by original maps and illustrations by cartographer Oliver Uberti.[11][12] A “multispecies map” of the University of Exeter’s Penryn Campus created for the book by Uberti was later accepted into the U.S. Library of Congress.[13]

The Hidden Nations of Animals generated media coverage upon release, including in the Los Angeles Times[14] and Atlas Obscura.[15] In its review, The Wall Street Journal described the book as "an important first step toward preserving the many animal nations that our own civilization has displaced."[16]  

Writing and advocacy

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Huling has written articles and opinion columns about animal rights,[17] technology,[18] and food for publications including Time,[19] Nature,[20] National Geographic,[21] the South China Morning Post,[22] The Nikkei,[23] and the Los Angeles Times.[24]

At GFI, Huling co-led an effort to align cellular agriculture companies in Asia Pacific behind the nomenclature “cultivated” to describe foods grown directly from animal cells,[25][26] which research shows has since become consumers’ preferred terminology.[27] While at PETA, Huling also served as a national spokesperson.[28][29][30][31]

Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ Noema Magazine (n.d.). “Ryan Huling“ [Author page]. Noema Magazine. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  2. ^ Penguin Random House (n.d.). “The Hidden Nations of Animals”. Penguin Random House. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  3. ^ The Good Food Institute Asia Pacific (n.d.). “Ryan Huling” [Staff biography]. The Good Food Institute Asia Pacific. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  4. ^ Huling, Ryan (2020, December 11). “Vietnam could grow key ingredients for plant–based meat”. VnExpress International. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  5. ^ People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) (2016, July 2). “Meet Ryan Huling, PETA’s Director of International Youth Outreach” [Augustus Club magazine, Issue 72]. PETA. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  6. ^ Bookfinity (2026, May 31). “Best New Books for June 2026”. Bookfinity. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  7. ^ Bookfinity (2026, May 31). “The Hidden Nations of Animals”. Bookfinity. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  8. ^ Huling, Ryan (2026, June 2). “Beavers Don’t Just Build Dams, They Build Nations”. Nautilus. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  9. ^ Huling, Ryan (2026, June 2). “Agriculture Risks Erasing ‘Generations of Knowledge’ Across Central Asia”. Green Queen. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  10. ^ Huling, Ryan (2026, June 4). “Human wars are displacing and killing hidden nations of animals”. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  11. ^ Uberti, Oliver (n.d.). “Hand-drawn Journalism”. Oliver Uberti. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  12. ^ Uberti, Oliver (n.d.). “About” [Biography]. Oliver Uberti. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  13. ^ Morrison, Alex (2026, June 5). “‘Multispecies Map’ reveals diverse wildlife on university campus”. University of Exeter News. Retrieved June 19, 2026.
  14. ^ Seidman, Lila (2026, June 25). “How a California wildfire inspired a book about hidden animal societies”. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 25, 2026.
  15. ^ Atlas Obscura (2026, June 8). "The Animal Worlds We Rarely See" [podcast]. Atlas Obscura The Podcast. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
  16. ^ Kean, Sam (2026, June 19). “‘Hidden Nations’ Review: Joining Paws, Claws, and Jaws”. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 19, 2026.
  17. ^ Huling, Ryan (2026, June 11). “Heritage Exists Beyond Humankind”. Noema Magazine. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  18. ^ Huling, R. (2026, June 15). “How AI is revealing the secret lives of animals”. Nature. Retrieved June 15, 2026.
  19. ^ Huling, Ryan (2026, May 7). “Do Animals Have Civilizations?”. Time. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  20. ^ Huling, R., Lee, D., Nutakul, W., & Goh, S. (2024, September 23). ”In Asia, alternative proteins are the new clean energy”. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03077-y.
  21. ^ Huling, Ryan (2026, June 4). “Watch a mole-rat ‘farmer’ at work in its elaborate subterranean city”. National Geographic. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  22. ^ Huling, Ryan (2021, June 23). ”To avert a climate crisis, governments need to reinvent meat”. South China Morning Post. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  23. ^ Huling, Ryan (2022, October 27). “シーフードも培養の時代へ ライア”. Nikkei. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  24. ^ Huling, Ryan (2026, June 4). “Human wars are displacing and killing hidden nations of animals”. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  25. ^ Thian, Si Ying (2023, May 10). “Name of the game: Can there be a consensus oon how to name meat products grown in a lab?”. FoodNavigator-Asia. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  26. ^ Ferrer, Benjamin (2022, October 31). “Harmonizing cell-based labels: Alt‑protein pioneers come to consensus on ‘cultivated’ terminology”. Food Ingredients First. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  27. ^ Chong, Mark; Leung, Angela K.-y.; Fernandez, Tricia Marjorie; Ng, Shu Tian (2023). "Effects of framing, nomenclature, and aversion to tampering with nature on consumer acceptance of cultivated meat in Singapore". Journal of Environmental Psychology. 91: 102140. doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102140.
  28. ^ NBC News (2011, June 5). ”In land of meat, Texas university touts vegan”. NBC News. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  29. ^ Fox News Network (2013, May 1). ”PETA protesting President Obama’s Thanksgiving turkey pardon” [Video]. Fox News. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  30. ^ Wiley, Judy (2012, March 19). “University bucks convention in Texas with vegan dining hall”. Reuters. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  31. ^ Folco, Marc (2010, March 21). “Open Season: Remembering TV's ultimate outdoorsman”. South Coast Today. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
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