Writer for A-Z Animals

Jessica Tucker

Jessica is a features writer for A-Z Animals. She holds a BS from San Diego State University in Television, Film & New Media, as well as a BA from Sonoma State University. Jessica has been writing for various publications since 2019. As an avid animal lover, Jessica does her best to bring to light the plight of endangered species and other animals in need of conservation so that they will be here for generations to come. When not writing, Jessica enjoys beach days with her dog, lazy days with her cats, and all days with her two incredible kiddos.

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Jessica Tucker

Articles by Jessica Tucker

Endangered Night Heron Surprises Chicago Worker Mid-Meeting

Jellyfish Found in an Idaho Freshwater Pond Stuns Local Dad

Golfer Asks Bear to Stop — It Takes the Whole Bag Anyway

What Happens to Wild Animals When Canada’s Fires Destroy Their Homes?

How a Spine Deformity Made Jimothy the Raccoon Famous

Spotted Lanternflies Are Peaking in Virginia — Here’s How to Fight Back

16 Feet in 30 Minutes Destroyed the Texas Rescue She Rebuilt Last Year

Disney Threw Lemmings off a Cliff and Won an Oscar for It

The Invasive Mantis Quietly Conquering Europe, One Country at a Time

Unique Whale with Only 2 Teeth Uses Them to Fight, Not Feed

The Spider That Wears Armor Like a Tiny Shield

Queen Parrotfish Sleeps Each Night Inside a Mucus Bubble

The Secret to a Healthier Saltwater Tank? Stable Salinity

Why Rodents (Not Fleas) Are Your Dog’s Real Tapeworm Threat

How a Protein Skimmer Removes Waste Before It Even Dissolves

These Shorebirds Leave the Arctic Before Summer Even Ends

The Counterintuitive Reason Chinchillas Bathe in Dust, Not Water

Why Tens of Thousands Track Great White Sharks Online

Waterlogged and Helpless — How a Family Saved a Sinking Osprey

Annoying Mayfly Swarms Are Actually Proof of a Healthy Ecosystem

The Real Reason Ostriches Seem to Bury Their Heads

Young Seagulls Stay Drab on Purpose — and Science Now Knows Why

1 In 3 Coyotes in the Pacific Northwest Carry This Tapeworm

Queen Bees Pass Pesticides to Their Eggs to Survive, Study Finds

The Surprising Job Your Fish Tank Gravel Is Already Doing

The Fastest Spider on Earth Runs as Fast as a Chicken

40 Bears at Once — Alaska’s Brooks Falls in Peak Season Now

HOA Voted to Cull 200 Geese — 550 Were Dead by Morning

Meet the Tiny Red Panda Brothers Born at Zoo Knoxville

Yellowstone Bison Rut Begins: What Visitors Must Know in July

This 3-Ounce Falcon Is Upending What We Know About Raptors

Mouthless Zombie Worms Recycle Whale Skeletons with Acid Roots

A 14-Foot Black Coral Hid in New Zealand’s Deep for 400 Years

Cape Leopards Are Half the Size — and May Be a New Species

A 116-Pound Sturgeon Shocked Researchers — and It’s Not the Biggest in the Hudson

A Mother Whale Just Taught Her Baby to Breach off Hawaii

Relocated 3 Times, Nakoda the White Grizzly Still Couldn’t Be Saved

How Barn Owls Use Mismatched Ears to Hunt in Total Darkness

Watch a Powerful Grizzly Take on a Tree

Why You Shouldn’t Pee on a Jellyfish Sting and What to Do Instead

Invasive Shrimp Are in All 5 Great Lakes — and No One Plans to Remove Them

$5,000 Reward, Zero Sightings as Gracie the Giraffe Remains Missing

Australia’s Most Vulnerable Bees Have No Escape from Heat

The Shark Was Closer Than They Knew — Until They Hit Shore

Why Armadillos in NC Mountains Have Officials Alarmed

Scientists Built the First 3D Vaquita Skeleton — Here’s Why It Matters

Endangered Pregnant Whale Found Dead on a Cruise Ship’s Bow

From Hypothermic Shock to Open Ocean: 9 Sea Turtles Go Home

Climate Change May Be Sending Whale Sharks to NC Waters

A Shark Circled This Surfer — a Drone Operator Noticed Before He Did