Long Pointy Snouts Protect Snow-Diving Foxes From Injury, study out of Cornell University, published by PNAS

by @grrlscientist

#morphology #behavior #evolution #hunting #foxes🦊 #snow❄️ #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/30/long-pointy-snouts-protect-snow-diving-foxes-from-injury/

Scientists Uncover Powerful Link Between Dietary Choices And Brain Health | University Of Warwick, Fudan University & UK Biobank, published by Nature Mental Health

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#cognition🧠 #MentalHealth #HealthyChoices #food🫘🌶️ #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/29/scientists-uncover-powerful-link-between-dietary-choices-and-brain-health/

Uncovering The Genomic Secrets Of Color Variants In Female Cuckoo Birds | LMU München, CUNY + more, published by Science Advances

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#birds🦉 #ornithology🪶 #genomics🧬🖥️ #evolution #color🎨 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/28/uncovering-the-genomic-secrets-of-color-variants-in-female-cuckoo-birds/

The Netherlands🇳🇱 Is Losing Its Insect-Pollinated Flowers | study from University of Leiden & Naturalis Biodiversity Center, published by Journal of Applied Ecology

by @grrlscientist

#SciComm🧪 #ClimateCrisis #Biodiversity #pollination🐝 #plants🌺 #insects🪲 #ecology https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/24/the-netherlands-is-losing-its-insect-pollinated-flowers/

Mentally Stimulating Occupations Are Key To Avoiding Dementia, study out of ColumbiaMSPH & Folkehelseinst published by Neurology

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#cognition🧠 #dementia #aging #Jobs💼 #Neurology #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/23/mentally-stimulating-occupations-are-key-to-avoiding-dementia/

The Devil Lost In Details: Tasmanian Devil Cancer Transmission Is NOT Slowing | University of Cambridge, published by RoyalSociety #OpenScience

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#Endangered #TasmanianDevil #Cancer #Oncology #CancerResearch #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/21/the-devil-lost-in-details-tasmanian-devil-cancer-transmission-is-not-slowing/

Biodiversity Is Nature’s ‘Magic’ That Improves Peoples’ Mental Health, study out of King's College London, published by Scientific Reports

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#nature #biodiversity🪶 #ecotherapy #MentalHealth👩‍⚕️ #psychology #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/17/biodiversity-is-natures-magic-that-improves-peoples-mental-health/

Four In Five Bird Species Cannot Tolerate Intense Human Pressures, out of Aarhus University, published by Global Ecology and Biogeography

by @grrlscientist

#birds🦉 #ornithology🪶 #biodiversity #conservation🌍 #habitat https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/16/four-in-five-bird-species-cannot-tolerate-intense-human-pressures/

here's a piece i wrote for forbes but chickened out before publishing it there. what do you think: should i publish it on forbes?

Left Behind Pet Care Will Care For Your Pets After Your Rapture by @grrlscientist

#Rapture #LeftBehind #pets #SolarEclipse2024 https://grrlscientist.medium.com/left-behind-pet-care-will-care-for-your-pets-after-your-rapture-3fbd6e881b94

A Virus May Help Save The World’s Amphibians From Extinction, study out of UCRiverside, published by CurrentBiology

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#microbiology🔬 #viruses🦠 #fungi #amphibians🐸 #SciComm🧪 #pandemic #extinction https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/04/a-virus-may-help-save-the-worlds-amphibians-from-extinction/

Hundreds Of New Species Discovered On Africa’s Isolated Sky Islands, study out of Oxford Brookes University, published by Scientific Reports

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#ecoregion #Africa🌍 #conservation #NewSpecies #taxonomy #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/02/hundreds-of-new-species-discovered-on-africas-isolated-sky-islands/

This Newly Discovered Fluffy Beetle Is Cuter’n A Bug’s Ear, out of University of Queensland, published by Australian Journal of Taxonomy

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#insects🪲 #entomology #beetle🐞 #NewSpecies #taxonomy #Australia🇦🇺 #conservation🌏 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/03/25/this-newly-discovered-fluffy-beetle-is-cutern-a-bugs-ear/

Birding Under The Influence By Dorian Anderson — Review | 2023/2024 Chelsea Green publishing

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#books📚 #BookReview #BooksWorthReading #birds🪶 #birding #adventure #travel #nonfiction https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/03/24/birding-under-the-influence-by-dorian-anderson---review/

Python Farming Could Provide The Most Sustainable Meat Yet, study out of Macquarie University, published by Scientific Reports

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#snakes🐍 #pythons #farming #Sustainability #Food #FoodFriday🫘 #meatmania🍔 #ClimateCrisis #conservation🌏 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/03/22/python-farming-could-provide-the-most-sustainable-meat-yet/

What Is Parrot Fever, The Disease That Has Killed Five People In Europe?

by @grrlscientist

#zoonotic #veterinary #microbiology #health🩺 #disease⚕️ #pets #parrots🦜 #psittacosis #ParrotFever #PublicHealth🛟 #birds🦉 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/03/15/what-is-parrot-fever-the-disease-that-has-killed-five-people-in-europe/

Killing Large Non-Native Herbivores May Be A Conservation Mistake | University of Oxford & Aarhus University, published by ScienceMagazine

by @grrlscientist

#conservation #wildlife #plants #ecology #evolution #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/03/13/killing-large-non-native-herbivores-may-be-a-conservation-mistake/

Lost In Translation: Giant Brown Pandas Caused By A Gene Mutation, published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

by @grrlscientist

#panda🐼 #coloring🎨 #Genetics🧬 #ecology #CRISPR #conservation🌏 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/03/06/lost-in-translation-giant-brown-pandas-caused-by-a-gene-mutation/

i did a thing today

Neutering Rottweilers May Actually Reduce Their Lifespan: Study out of James Cook University, published by Scientific Reports

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#dogs🐕‍🦺 #pets🐾 #neuter #lifespan #Health⚕️ #WeightGain #Veterinarian🩺 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/03/04/neutering-rottweilers-may-actually-reduce-their-lifespan-study/

This Tiny Fish🐟 Can Produce Sounds That Are As Loud As A Firecracker🧨 | a study out of Senckenberg Natural History Collections in Dresden & ChariteBerlin, published by PNAS

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#fish #teleost #sound🔉 #acoustic #ecology #evolution #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/02/28/this-tiny-fish-can-produce-sounds-that-are-as-loud-as-a-firecracker/