What Gives Cheddar Cheese Its Flavor? It Took Scientists A Year To Find Out | Utrecht University & Wageningen University, published by NatureComms

by @grrlscientist

#cheddar #cheese🧀 #microbiology🧫 #microbiome #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/12/27/what-gives-cheddar-cheese-its-flavor-it-took-scientists-a-year-to-find-out/

Are All Gifts Mentioned In ‘The Twelve Days Of Christmas’ Actually Birds?

This idea has recently gone viral, but is it true? If so, who are these remarkable wild birds, according to those who know them best?

by @grrlscientist

#birds #ornithology #christmas #holidays #SciComm

https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/12/21/are-all-gifts-mentioned-in-the-twelve-days-of-christmas-actually-birds/

Bizarre Half-Male, Half-Female Bird Captured On Film In Colombia | University of Otago, published by Journal of Field #Ornithology

by @grrlscientist

#birds #birding #SciComm🧪

https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/12/14/bizarre-half-male-half-female-bird-captured-on-film-in-colombia/

Which Birds Are Most Likely To Freak Out Due To Fireworks Shows? out of University of Amsterdam, published by Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

by @grrlscientist

#birds #fireworks🎆 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/12/12/which-birds-are-most-likely-to-freak-out-due-to-fireworks-shows/

Falklands Falcons Are As Brainy As Cockatoos

A recent study in falcons highlights commonalities in #ecology that underlie the #evolution of innovative thinking in both #corvids & #cockatoos | study published by Royal Society Publishing #BiologyLetters

by @grrlscientist

#cognition #innovation #ornithology #SciComm 🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/12/11/falklands-falcons-are-as-brainy-as-cockatoos/

Migratory Songbirds’ Balancing Act Between Foraging And Longevity, out of AlleghenyCollege, published by Royal Society ProcB

by @grrlscientist

#birds #ornithology #Evolution #Ecology #Morphology #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/12/08/migratory-songbirds-balancing-act-between-foraging-and-longevity/

Electric Eels’ Shocking Ability To Alter The Genetics Of Nearby Animals | out of Nagoya University published by PeerJ

by @grrlscientist

#ElectricEels #evolution #ecology #genetics #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/12/06/electric-eels-shocking-ability-to-alter-the-genetics-of-nearby-animals/

hey everyone, look what just arrived: How to Care about Animals: An Ancient Guide to Creatures Great and Small, thanks to carmen the amazing & the good peeps at PrincetonUniversityPress

#books #philosophy #AnimalRights #vegan https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691240435/how-to-care-about-animals

wow! i did a thing this year! (i didn't do as well as last year, when i was in the top 1% of learners, alas ... )

#LanguageLearning #Duolingo2023

now reading The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh, thanks to celsie the magnificent & the good people at the University of Chicago Press

it's beautifully written & gently pulls the reader into a fascinating story

#books #amReading https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo125517349.html

How Dinosaurs May Have Influenced Human Aging | out of University of Birmingham, published by BioEssays

by @grrlscientist

#dinosaurs🦖 #aging #cancer #evolution #genetics #ecology #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/11/30/how-dinosaurs-may-have-influenced-human-aging/

Like People, European Parrots Do Have Their Own Regional Dialects | out of Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published by Behavioral Ecology

by @grrlscientist

#parrots #learning #culture #SciComm  https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/11/29/like-people-european-parrots-do-have-their-own-regional-dialects/

wheeee! i did a thing today

#language #learning #duolingo

just started reading this huge doorstop of a book: The World the Plague Made: The Black Death and the Rise of Europe by James Belich (2022, PrincetonUniversityPress)

#AmReading #books📚 #History🏰 #Pandemic #nonfiction #NonfictionNovember https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691215662/the-world-the-plague-made

Endangered Parrots Threatened By Deforestation And Climate Change | SanDiegoZooWildlifeAlliance & Organización Vida Silvestre AC | Global Ecology & Conservation

by @grrlscientist via ForbesScience / Forbes

#SciComm🧪 #parrots🦜 #ornithology #conservation #endangered #ClimateCrisis

https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/11/14/endangered-parrots-threatened-by-deforestation-and-climate-change/

“Vaccinations are important, but they cannot deal with many of the newly emerging serotypes early enough to be effective on their own.”

Willow Bark Extract May Cure What Ails You | out of University of Jyväskylä, published by Frontiers in Microbiology

by @grrlscientist

#SciComm #antiviral #WillowBarkTea #EmergingViruses #Health https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/11/10/willow-bark-extract-may-cure-what-ails-you/

Animal-To-Human Diseases Could Kill 12 Times More People By 2050 | Ginkgo Bioworks, published by GlobalHealthBMJ BMJ_latest

by @grrlscientist

#pandemics #epidemics #zoonotic #spillover #Virus #GlobalHealth #ClimateCrisis #deforestation https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/11/07/animal-to-human-diseases-could-kill-12-times-more-people-by-2050/

Wasabi Boosts Short- And Long-Term Memory In Older People | Nutrients_MDPI

by @grrlscientist

#Japan #food #wasabi #cognition #memory #OlderAdults https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/11/06/wasabi-boosts-shortand-long-term-memory-in-older-people/

Study: Mainstream Media Undermines Conservation By Promoting Fear Of Bats | out of HELSINKISUS & UABBarcelona, published by EcoHealth

by @grrlscientist

#SciComm #bats #conservation #newsmedia #disease #agriculture #insects #Halloween https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/10/31/mainstream-media-undermines-conservation-by-promoting-fear-of-bats/

Delisting species due to extinction is a ‘‘wake-up call on the importance of conserving imperiled species before it’s too late’’

21 Species Removed From The Endangered Species Act Due To Extinction | USFWS CenterForBiologicalDiversity

by @grrlscientist

#SciComm #ESA #EndangeredSpecies #extinction #biodiversity #ClimateCrisis https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/10/17/twenty-one-species-removed-from-the-endangered-species-act-due-to-extinction/