Past Science Watch Articles
2023
The Search for Extraterrestrial Life November - December 2023
Man’s Best Friends? Sharks! September-October 2023
Clever Cockatoos May-June 2023
Hiding in Plain Sight March-April 2023
Lead Means Dead for Eagles January-February 2023
2022
A Dim Outlook for Fireflies November-December 2022
Mosquito-borne Diseases Make You More Attractive - to Mosquitoes September-October 2022
Bobcats Beat Back Boas May-June 2022
Song Sparrows Shuffle Songs March-April 2022
A Virgin Birth January-February 2022
2021
Avian Cross Dressers November-December 2021
How Does That Song Go? September-October 2021
Genetic Engineering Can Restore the Oak-Chestnut Forest May-June 2021
A Sexy Birdsong Re-Emerges during the Pandemic Mar-April 2021
The First Feather Jan-Feb 2021
2020
Warrior Woodpeckers Nov-Dec 2020
A New Song is Spreading Like Wildfire—Among Sparrows Sept/Oct 2020
Lending a Helping Wing May June 2020
Who Killed the Carolina Parakeet Mar/Apr 2020
How the Monarch Butterfly Became a Poison Pill Jan/Feb 2020
2019
Transylvania in the Galápagos Nov/Dec 2019
Eavesdropping Eggs Sept/Oct 2019
The End of Malaria? May/June 2019
Smart is Sexy for Parakeets Mar/Apr 2019
Resurrection of the American Chestnut Jan/Feb2019
2018
The Insect That Knows Nothing Nov/Dec 2018
Upsetting Mother Nature (And Paying for It) Sept/Oct 2018
An Uncertain Future for Frogs May/June 2018
Happy Feet - Were Big Feet March/April 2018
Bigger is Better for Snail Kites Jan/Feb 2018
2017
Color Them Blue Nov/Dec 2017
Don’t Leave Home Without It! Sept/Oct 2017
In Search of Real Tomatoes May/June 2017
Hawai'i: Invasive Species Heaven March/April 2017
Clever Crows Jan/Feb 2017
2016
Baby - It's Hot Outside Nov/Dec 2016
Man’s Best Friend is a Bird Sept/Oct 2016
Preserving Parasites May/June 2016
Changing Behavior Mar/Apr 2016
A Destructive Mimicking Mite Jan/Feb 2016
2015
The Delicate Dance of a Ménage à Trois Nov/Dec 2015
Tuning into Your Host: A Parasitic Beetle Sings the Right Melodies Sept/Oct 2015
Evolution in Action: Adaptive Anoles May/June 2015
Thinking about Thinking Mar/April 2015
Helping the Wimpy Neighbor Jan/Feb 2015
2014
Living on the Edge Nov/Dec 2014
A Song Not Heard Here—Yet Sept/Oct 2014
A Walking (Slooow) Ecosystem May June 2014
Roaches that Check out of the Roach Hotel Mar/April 2014
The Germs Within Us Jan/Feb 2014
2013
Habitable Exoplanets Nov/Dec 2013
De-Extinction Sept/Oct 2013
Four-Winged Flyers May/June 2013
So a Fly Walks into a Bar. . . March/April 2013
A Shibboleth in the Shell January/February 2013
2012
The Magnetic Sense of Pigeons November/December 2012
Thrill-Seeking Bees October 2012
A Feathered Giant Bus Sized September 2012
Feathers on Display May 2012
An Avian Illusionist April 2012
Increased Winds Boost a Wanderer March 2012
Lookalike Butterflies January/February 2012
2011
Fluttering Feathers Fan Affection November/December 2011
Biotechnology and the Butterfly October 2011
The Cost of Life at the Top September 2011
City Birds are Smarter Birds June 2011
The Biggest by a Neck May 2011
Sleep Tight and . . . April 2011
An Alien Invader March 2011
Darwin’s Big Idea Jan/Feb 2011
2010
Life on Other Planets? Nov/Dec 2010
Signing Your Own Death Warrant October 2010
The Extinction of Bats September 2010
Whose Children Are They Anyhow? June 2010
Pigeons in Flight Follow the Leader May 2010
This is Actual Science, Not ‘Avatar’ April 2010
Darwin's Finches: Thirteen Species and Counting March 2010
Homing in on How Pigeons Navigate Jan/Feb 2010
2009
Starling Shenanigins Nov/Dec 2009
A True Fable October 2009
What a Cool Bill September 2009
Keeping One Eye Open June 2009
Mom's Perception of Dad Determines Her Children's Sex May 2009
Little Birds, Big Trips April 2009
Father was a Dinosaur March 2009
Pharmacy in the Woods Jan/Feb 2009
2008
The Genetics of a Happy Marriage Nov/Dec 2008
Just the Right Balance October 2008
When Fish Lie September 2008
The Clothes Make the Man June 2008
How DEET Works May 2008
The Impact of Backyard Bird Feeders April 2008
House Finch Adaptability 3 March 2008
Something to Crow About January 2008
2007
The Ecology of Fear November 2007
The Quick-Change Artistry of Darwin's Finches October 2007
The Sixth Sense of Homing Pigeons September 2007
But Does it Taste Like Chicken? June 2007
Listening to Others May 2007
An Avian Protection Racket April 2007
Planning Ahead March 2007
Genetic Control of Beaks January 2007
2006
House Finch Adaptability 2 November 2006
With a Song in My Brain October 2006
If It Looks Like a Duck September 2006
It's All There in Black and White June 2006
Color Me Healthy May 2006
One Fish, Two Fish April 2006
You Go Your Way And I'll Go My Way March 2006
Night School for Juvenile Migrants January 2006
2005
Darwin in the Dark November/December 2005
Chickadee Chatter September 2005
Another Elvis Sighting? – Even Better! June 2005
T.Rex in the Flesh May 2005
Scent of a Roach April 2005
Timing is everything March, 2005
Lighter Side of T Rex January, 2005
2004
Beak Variation in Darwin's Finches: It's in the Genes November, 2004
A Whale of a Feast September 2004
Look For The Setting Sun Before You Go June, 2004
Older and Wiser May, 2004
"Eggcited" Plants Call 911 April, 2004
Father Knows Best March, 2004
Finches That Sing a Different Tune January 2004
2003
How Attractive Are You? October, 2003
A Diet that Fits the Bill for any Menu September, 2003
If You've Got It, Flaunt It! June, 2003
An Avian Arms Race May, 2003
The Ups and Downs of First Flight April, 2003
No Place Like Home March, 2003
West Nile Facts and Fears January 2003
2002
The Mane Thing About Lions December, 2002
Busy Bees: It's All in the Genes October, 2002
House Finch Adaptability: Mother Knows Best! September, 2002
Careful, the Wife May Be Listening June, 2002
Changing with the Times May, 2002
Oh Those Bones April 2002
Water, Water Nowhere and Only Drops to Drink March, 2002
Cheap Fares for Migrating Birds January, 2002
2001
Animal Magnetism November, 2001
Me or My Children October, 2001
The Early bird Misses the Late Worm September 2001
Bird Origin Smothered by a Coat of Downy Feathers June, 2001
Stand and Fight May, 2001
A Circle is the Shortest Straight Line for Migrating Birds April, 2001
Genetically Engineered Crops: Yes? No? Maybe? March, 2001
Paleontologist are Ruffled by Fossil Feathers that Contradict the Dinosaur - Origin Orthodoxy January, 2001
2000
A Diet that Fits the Bill October 2000
War and Peace Among Ants September 2000
Food is Where You Smell It June 2000
Global Warming-The Bird's Eye View May 2000
Driving Them Cuckoo April 2000
1999
Leaf Cutting Ants - The Original Organic Farmers November/December 1999
Biotechnology and the Butterfly September 1999
The Decline of Frogs June 1999
The Greater Prairie Chicken - Plucked From the Extinction Vortex May 1999
When Habitat is Limited the Early Bird Gets it All April 1999
Birds(?) of a Feather(??) January 1999
1998
As Time Goes By November/December 1998
The Lizard That Licked Lyme June 1998
Double Your Pleasure-Double Your Fun? May 1998
Sex and the Single Oystercatcher April 1998
Of Moths, Mice, Masting and Lyme? March 1998
Bird-Dinosaur Link Questioned by a Breath of Fresh Air January/February 1998
1997
From Dinosaurs to Birds November/December 1997
The Lady or the Tiger October 1997