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

This Wasp Buries 60 Living Horseflies to Feed Its Young

Wendy the Coyote Is Safe — But What’s Wrong with Her Face?

Bears Aren’t Hungriest After Hibernation — They’re Hungriest Now

Why Entire Kelp Forests Vanish When Sea Otters Disappear

This Newly Found Spider Lives in One Idaho Forest and Nowhere Else

Elephants Grieve for Decades — and Never Forget Where Their Loved Ones Died

Typhoon Maysak Burst a Dam — and 900 Snakes Washed into Villages

Monarch Butterflies Fly 3,000 Miles to a Place They’ve Never Seen

Not Just Butterflies: Millions of Dragonflies Migrate in September

Humpback Whales Swim 6,200 Miles Without Eating a Single Meal

The 5,000-Mile Algae Belt Choking Key West Beaches

Why Oysters Carrying Deadly Gulf Bacteria Never Get Sick

A Barn Owl Appeared 70 Miles out at Sea — Soldiers Saved Him

How the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Liquefies Living Coral

How a Two-Inch Shrimp Kills Prey It Never Has to Touch

Parents Are Feeding Chicks Plastic — and Don’t Know It

How Assassin Bugs Use Termite Corpses as Both Armor and Bait

The Wildfire Paradox: How New Roads Could Ignite More Forests

The Ant Queen Who Rules by Wearing a Dead Queen’s Scent

One Colony, 100 New Yellowjackets a Day — The PNW’s Sting Problem

Only 9% of Hawaii’s Dolphins Are Calves — and That’s a Crisis

The Bizarre Frog with Bone Claws That Stab Through Its Own Skin

The Wheel Bug Melts Prey Alive and Drinks Them in Minutes

Fearsome Predator by Day, Labrador by Night

Bird Extinct for 140 Years Caught on Camera in 2022

Velvet Worms Shoot Slime That Hardens in Seconds to Trap Prey

Meet Carina, the $4.74M Cow with a Guinness World Record

50 Bears Have Broken into Connecticut Homes This Year

71-Year-Old Lifeguard Pulled Under by Great White Shark

Florida Gator Kills Woman as Her Boyfriend Fights to Free Her

Meet the Exploding Ant Whose Death Kills Its Attackers

The Deep-Ocean Worm That Uses Acid Roots to Feed on Whale Bones

Meet the Hammer Orchid, Nature’s Master of Sexual Deception

What Japan’s Flying Cat Signs Are Actually Warning You About

The Sea Cucumber’s Bizarre Defense — Exploding Its Own Guts

Why Mudskippers Roll in Puddles to Stay Alive on Land

This Lizard Squirts Blood from Its Eyes to Survive

The Ant Whose Jaws Are Powerful Enough to Hurl Its Own Body

Dead Bumblebees Are Piling up This Summer — Here’s the Reason

The Secret in Clownfish Mucus That Fools a Deadly Anemone

Elephants Grieve Like Humans — and We’re Killing Them Anyway

From 16,000 to 500 — Can the Ghost of the Horn Be Saved?

When Porcupines Fall from Trees, Their Antibiotic Quills Save Them

Science Said Insects Can’t Go This Deep. This Larva Disagrees.

A Tiger Shark Rammed a Kayaker. Here’s How He Survived.

The Velvet-Coated Rabbit That Surprises Every New Owner

The Real Reason Beavers Slap Their Tails on Water

23 Beach Closures and a Fourth of July Bite: What’s Behind NY’s Shark Summer

4,635 Camera Trap Photos Crack the ‘Ghost Dog’ Mystery

9 California Mice Named After Superheroes Could Save Their Species