Articles by Jillian Mock
Science
Nuthatches Take Up Nannying When There’s a Shortage of Mates
March 28, 2019 — A forest experiment in Florida reveals what drives male Brown-headed Nuthatches to care for other couples’ chicks.
Science
How Birds Are Helping Scientists Reimagine a Feathered T. Rex
March 12, 2019 — New insights about the predator's brains, speed, and appearance are being discovered by comparing fossilized dinosaurs to their living relatives.
Culture
The National Parks Have a Diversity Problem. This Couple Has Been Working for 20 Years to Fix It.
February 27, 2019 — Audrey and Frank Peterman want any and everyone to get outside and get involved in the environmental movement.
Science
Hummingbirds Shake Their Tail Feathers to Generate High-Pitched Sounds
February 15, 2019 — Some male hummingbirds have special feathers that audibly vibrate as they zoom around to impress females. Listen here.
Conservation
The Golden-cheeked Warbler Is Still Endangered, Federal Judge Rules
February 8, 2019 — Developers have lost the latest fight in their battle to delist the species, which breeds only in Texas Hill Country.
Science
Puffins Amp Up Their Sex Appeal With Glowing Beaks
February 5, 2019 — New research adds the Atlantic Puffin to a growing list of birds with features that react to ultraviolet light.
Science
Confirmed: Two Endangered Seabirds Have Been Rediscovered on Oahu
February 1, 2019 — Thought to be extinct on the Hawaiian Island for centuries, Newell's Shearwaters and Hawaiian Petrels were found using acoustic monitoring.
Photography
Guardians of the Grebes
September 27, 2018 — To protect climate-threatened Hooded Grebes, volunteers camp out at remote, high-elevation lakes in Patagonia for the entire breeding season.
Climate
In Alaska, Starving Seabirds and Empty Colonies Signal a Broken Ecosystem
September 11, 2018 — Mass die-offs and breeding failures, now ongoing for years, have marine biologists worried that this is a new normal caused by climate change.
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