so EXCITED!! look what just arrived today! many thanks to the amazing jenny & the good people @NYUpress! REALLY looking forward to reading this #book!

#books #MustRead thrilled beyond words, actually

https://nyupress.org/9781479803200/growing-up-bank-street/

researching & writing a story about #Reindeer (what else??) for you & just learned that ALL of #Santa's reindeer are FEMALE. yes, even #Rudolph! how do i know this? male reindeer lose their antlers by or before the beginning of december, but female reindeer keep theirs all year!

Endangered Australian Frog Songs Are Hopping Their Way Up The #ARIA Music Chart

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#music #albums #AlbumsYouMustHear #HolidayGiftGuide #EndangeredSpecies #conservation #Australia https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/12/19/endangered-australian-frog-songs-are-hopping-their-way-up-the-aria-music-chart/

Why Do We Love Some Animals But Kill Or Eat Others?

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#animals #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights #ethics #psychology #Anthrozoology #SciComm #science https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/12/17/why-do-we-love-some-animals-but-kill-or-eat-others/

Captive Bred Animals Have Reduced Survival In The Wild, by a team at @ANUmedia, published by Biological Reviews

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#endangered #conservation #captive #SciComm #science https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/12/14/captive-bred-animals-have-reduced-survival-in-the-wild/

Angry Birds: Rural Robins Get ‘Road Rage’ When Exposed To Traffic Noise, a study out of @AngliaRuskin Uni & @kocuniversity pub'd by Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#ornithology #behavior #ecology #noise #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/12/12/angry-birds-rural-robins-get-road-rage-when-exposed-to-traffic-noise/

somebody wants a spray-bath!

(this is aegon, a 5yo male solomon islands eclectus)

#parrots #birds #pets

What Does Polly Say? Species Differences In Vocal Learning By Parrots Revealed By Citizen Scientists, study by @PittJohnstown & @UNC_Colorado published by @SciReports

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#parrots #Vocal #learning #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/12/07/what-does-polly-say-species-differences-in-vocal-learning-by-parrots-revealed-by-citizen-scientists/

hm. i did a thing this year

Properly Feeding Your Microbiome Can Make You Healthier

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#health #Food #microbiome https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/12/05/properly-feeding-your-microbiome-can-make-you-healthier/

just started reading Horse: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks, published by @VikingBooksUK. a fascinating & exquisitely beautiful novel based on real people, real #racehorses & horse #art. Won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize

#MustRead #books #horses #history https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/535715/horse-by-geraldine-brooks/

Different: What Apes Can Teach Us About Gender By Frans De Waal — Review, #book published by @GrantaBooks

#BookReview by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#books #Apes #gender #culture #social #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/11/30/different-what-apes-can-teach-us-about-gender-by-frans-de-waal---review/

congratulations to my friend, henry gee: last night, he WON the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2022 with his wonderful #MustRead book, A (Very) Short History Of Life On Earth

#books
my #review: https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/11/24/a-very-short-history-of-life-on-earth-by-henry-gee---review/
awards ceremony #video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6peNBZOCxI

Age Proof: The New Science Of Living A Longer And Healthier Life By Rose Anne Kenny — Review, #book published by @BonnierBooks_UK

#BookReview by @grrlscientist via @forbes /@ForbesScience

#books #health #aging #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/11/29/age-proof-the-new-science-of-living-a-longer-and-healthier-life-by-rose-anne-kenny---review/

Chasing Plants: Journeys With A Botanist Through Rainforests, Swamps, And Mountains By Chris Thorogood — Review, book published by @UChicagoPress

Book Review by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#botany #plants #travelogue #science #art #SciCom #books #BookReview https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/11/28/chasing-plants-journeys-with-a-botanist-through-rainforests-swamps-and-mountains-by-chris-thorogood---review/

Fifth Sun: A New History Of The Aztecs By Camilla Townsend — Review, published by @OUPHistory / @OUPAcademic, winner @CundillPrize 2020

#BookReview by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#books #History #IndigenousPeoples https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/11/27/fifth-sun-a-new-history-of-the-aztecs-by-camilla-townsend---review/

A (Very) Short History Of Life On Earth By Henry Gee — Review, published by @PanMacmillan / @PicadorBooks shortlisted by @RSocPublishing #science #book prize

#BookReview by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#evolution #books #review #nonfiction #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/11/24/a-very-short-history-of-life-on-earth-by-henry-gee---review/

OMG! look what literally JUST ARRIVED: Imagining the Heartland: White Supremacy and the American Midwest
by Britt E. Halvorson & Joshua O. Reno, thanks to Emily & @UCPress

VERY excited to read this #book! #MustRead #books #history #white #supremacy

https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520387614/imagining-the-heartland

hopefully no one at the mothership will scream at me for this topic choice!

Why Do Some Poops Float Whilst Others Sink? about a recent @SciReports study

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#microbiology #microbiome #Health #Food #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/11/19/why-do-some-poops-float-whilst-others-sink/

WOW! look what arrived last night: a surprisingly slim book that summarises what's known about this topic: Male Choice, Female Competition, and Female Ornaments in Sexual Selection by Ingo Schlupp published by @OUPAcademic

#books #evolution https://global.oup.com/academic/product/male-choice-female-competition-and-female-ornaments-in-sexual-selection-9780198818946