Last Word On Nothing (essays)

For efficiency, rather than continue the list below, here is a link that will take you to all of my LWON essays, the most recent one first.

• “Can We Defend Ourselves Against Brain Tumors?” (February 11, 2016)
• “The Elephant in the Bedroom” (Jan 26, 2016)
• “Have Lady Beard, Will Travel” (Jan 4, 2016)
• “The Undead: A Holiday Rant” (Dec. 24, 2015)
• “Shattered” (Dec. 8, 2015)
• “In Tribute: Her True Calling” (Nov. 25, 2015)
• “A Squee from the Field: Why I Love My Job” (Nov. 10, 2015)
• “Gesundheit” (Oct. 12, 2015)
• “Face Time” (Sept. 28, 2015)
• “Hug it Out” (Sept. 10, 2015)
• “Prescription for Tragedy” (August 26, 2015)
• “The Cold Truth” (August 6, 2015)
• “I Wish I Could Have One” (July 24, 2015).
• “Snark Week: Sand, Sea, and Flesh-Ripping Aliens…” (July 7, 2015).
• “Bees Are Us” (May 28, 2015)
• “Something About Sharks” (May 11, 2015)
• “What I Got: Three Gifts from the Recovery Ward” (May 1, 2015)
• “Double Play: How the Yankees Ruined my Feng Shui” (April 20, 2015)
• “Tears of a Warrior” (April 27, 2014)
• “Painful Lessons” (Feb. 11, 2014)

New York Times

• “Wild Messengers” (Nov. 1, 2014)

Personal Essay, The Washington Post

• “Her True Calling: My Mother’s Last Gift (May 5, 2008)

NPR

• A rather silly goat piece. (May 29, 2015).
• “Locusts Eat the Crops of Madagascar–and Each Other, Too.” (Sept. 3, 2014)

Web Articles, National Geographic News [these may be behind a paywall; subscribe to Nat Geo for access or contact Jennifer directly]

• How Does a Shoemaker Love His Work? Heart and Sole. (Dec 2019)
• New Tent Makes it Possible to “Camp” Under Water (Jan 2019)
• China’s New Panda Park Will Be Three Times Bigger than Yellowstone (May 2019)
• Once Thought Extinct, Bizarre Horned Frog Reappears in Ecuador (Dec. 2018)
• Drones are Spying on Caribou…for Science (March 2018)
• Six Animals that are Stellar Stepdads (June 2017)
• “Why Cesar Milan Loves Being the Dog Whisperer” (Feb. 18, 2016).
• “This Woman Wears Thousands of Bees” (Jan 6, 2016).
• “Why a Pig Befriended a Herd of Cows” (Dec. 7, 2015).
• “Volcano Could Mean Extinction for Rocket Frog” (Oct. 15, 2015).
• “Cheetah-Dog Friendship Not as Strange as it Sounds” (Oct. 7, 2015)
• “Listen: Nature is Quieter Than Ever Before” (Oct. 6, 2015).
• “Extinct” Toad Rediscovered” (August 31, 2015).
• “How Drones Are Affecting Wildlife” (August 25, 2015).
• “Black Bears are Rebounding…” (June 26, 2015).
• “Lemur Calls Turned into Beautiful Beatbox Jams,” (May 2015).
• “9 Ways You Can Help Pollinators at Home,” (May 2015).
• “Nature Behind Bars: Animal Class Helps Prisoners Find Compassion,” (May 2015).
• “Quokka Selfies: What’s the Deal?” (March 6, 2015).
• “Wild Panda Population Up Dramatically in China, Government Says,” (March 2, 2015).
• “Remarkable Spider Eats Mostly Mosquitoes…Could it Fight Malaria?” (Oct. 7, 2014)
• “Foodie Bees Head Downtown for Dinner” (Sept. 27, 2014)
• “Antelope and Lion Have Unlikely Meeting—Only One Walks Away” (August 20, 2014)
• “Three-eyed Crab and More Freaks of Nature” (August 5, 2014)
• “Dogs Get Jealous, Too” (July 23, 2014)
• “Plant Blasts Birds with Pollen Using ‘Bellows’” (July 3, 2014)
• “Q&A: Africa’s Last Wetland Wilderness Named 1,000ths World Heritage Site” (June 24, 2014)
• “How Frogs’ Sticky Tongues Lift Giant Prey” (June 12, 2014)
• “Longest Migration Among Mammals Discovered” (May 27, 2014)
• “Honeybee Dances Map Healthy Landscapes” (May 22, 2014)
• “Why do Barn Owls Divorce?” (April 29, 2014)
• “Why are Black Bear Attacks Up in Florida?” (April 15, 2014)
• “Two Prairie Voles Walk Into a Bar…” (April 7, 2014)
• “Rescue Dogs Tested by Washington Mudslide Recovery” (April 2, 2014)
• “How an Injured Snowy Owl Got New Feathers” (March 29, 2014)
• “How a River Otter Can Bag an Alligator for Lunch” (March 6, 2014)
• “Drone Captures Stunning Birds-eye View of Dolphin Megapod” (March 5, 2014)
• “Antarctic Bases Spew Toxic Wastes Into Environment” (March 4, 2014)
• “How a Python Can Swallow A Crocodile” (March 3, 2014)
• “Bad News for Bumblebees: Disease Spreading from Honeybees” (Feb 27, 2014)
• “Surprise: Elephants Comfort Upset Friends” (February 14, 2014)
• “Don’t Feed the Bears: Ethics in Wildlife Photography” (January 16, 2014)
• “Five Animals That Can Sniff Out Diseases” (January 10, 2014)
• “Purring Monkey? Flamboyant Lizard?” (Oct. 25, 2013)
• “A Venom First: Toxin-Spewing Crustacean” (Oct. 23, 2013)
• “Mystery Tick Up Scientist’s Nose” (Oct. 8, 2013)
• “Monkeys Whisper…But Why?” (Sept. 24, 2013)
• “Can Dung Beetles Flight Global Warming? (Sept. 4, 2013)
• “Wolves Identified by Unique Howls…” (July 30, 2013)
• “Why We Love Dogs in Love” (July 28, 2013)
• “Forensic Fly Moves North” (July 10, 2013)
• “Lonesome George to be Stuffed…” (July 2, 2013)
• “Traveling with Pets Overseas: A Guide to Some Quirky Rules” (June 13, 2013)
• “UN Urges Eating Insects: 8 Popular Bugs to Try” (May 14, 2013)
• “The Plight of the Honeybee” (May 10, 2013)
• “Bowerbirds use Geometry to Woo Mates” (Dec. 3, 2012)

Video / Narration

• On Komodo Dragons:

News Articles: Earth Touch productions

• “Size Matters: Big Brains Help Species Go Urban” (August 28, 2013)

The Author Speaks’ Features, AARP Online Magazine

• Interview with Gary Taubes, author of Why We Get Fat (Jan. 20, 2011)
• Interview with Todd Kashdan, author of Curious? Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life (June 3, 2010)
• Interview with Richard Restak, M.D., author of Think Smart: A Neuroscientist’s Prescription for Improving Your Brain’s Performance (August 20, 2009)