Hooded Grebe parents tend to lay two eggs, but ignore one of them when the first chick hatches, meaning there is a ready supply of ‘spare’ eggs. Releasing captive-reared fledglings is very much a last ...

The Hooded Grebe wasn’t discovered by scientists until 1974, due mainly to the fact that it lives in one of the most remote and inhospitable environments on Earth: ...

Hooded grebes are critically endangered, and their numbers have been on the decline year after year. It is estimated that only 400 mate-pairs remain. American minks were introduced to Patagonia during ...

Western Grebe. Grebes are well known for their enthusiastic courtship displays. In 2017, a rare video of the hooded grebe dance made a splash online—a “head-banging” maneuver that wouldn’t ...

Tag: Hooded Grebe. Saturday, May 15th 2021 - 18:52 UTC Argentine scientist Kini Roesler wins Whitley Award for nature conservation in Patagonia. In 2009, he had a plane ticket to the United States ...

The hooded grebe is endemic to the high plateaus of Patagonian Argentina. Listed as critically endangered, there are thought to be fewer than 800 left.

Only decades after its discovery in the high-altitude lakes of Patagonia, Argentina, Hooded Grebe was teetering on the brink of extinction. Since then, the bird with the spectacular courtship dance ...