Why Declawing Tigers Or Other Big Cats Is Bad For Their Health | @NCState | @Animals_MDPI

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#cats #Tigers #Lions #felidae #declawing #veterinary #Health #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/08/02/why-declawing-tigers-or-other-big-cats-is-bad-for-their-health/

Billions In Conservation Spending Fail To Recover Wild Salmon In Columbia River Basin | @OregonState @UW | @PLOSONE

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience @forbes

#salmon #conservation https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/07/31/billions-in-conservation-spending-fail-to-recover-wild-salmon-in-columbia-river-basin/

Can Resilient ‘Super Corals’ Save Bleached And Boiled Coral Reefs? | @UTSEngage & @UofHaifa | @NatureComms

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#CoralReefs #climate #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/07/29/can-resilient-super-corals-save-bleached-and-boiled-coral-reefs/

These Bizarre Amphibians Changed The Chemical Landscape To Survive A Plague Of Snakes | @UQ_News @VUBrussel @IJMS_MDPI

This evolutionary drama highlights the intimate yet powerful effects of a transformative arms race between predator and prey

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#amphibians #snakes #venom #mutation #evolution https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/07/25/these-bizarre-amphibians-changed-the-chemical-landscape-to-survive-a-plague-of-snakes/

Why Do North American Vultures Have Either Red Or Black Heads? | @AuburnU @msstate | Avian Research

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#ornithology #vultures #color #ecology #evolution https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/07/21/why-do-north-american-vultures-have-either-red-or-black-heads/

Modern ‘Sixth Mass Extinction’ Event Will Be Worse Than First Predicted | Biological Reviews

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#biodiversity #extinction https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/07/19/modern-sixth-mass-extinction-event-will-be-worse-than-first-predicted/

Warmer temperatures make more female turtle hatchlings, but new research shows that those females also have a greater capacity for egg production, even before their sex is set

How Temperatures Determine Whether A Turtle Is A Cool Dude Or A Hot Chick | @DukeNews @DukeU | @CurrentBiology

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#gender #evolution #climate https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/07/18/how-temperatures-determine-whether-a-turtle-is-a-cool-dude-or-a-hot-chick/

the venom of a notorious stinging caterpillar has a surprising ancestry & may be key to the delivery of lifesaving drugs

These Furry Caterpillars Obtained Their Potent Venom From Bacteria | @UQ_News | @PNASNews

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#venom #toxins #evolution #caterpillars #bacteria #biochemistry https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/07/14/these-furry-caterpillars-obtained-their-potent-venom-from-bacteria/

You Can Teach An Old Bird New Tricks, But Only If They Want To Learn | @NMSU @NMSUNews | @RoyalSociety @RSocPublishing #ProcB

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#parrots #birds #SciComm #learning #LanguageLearning #AgingResearch https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/07/12/you-can-teach-an-old-bird-new-tricks-but-only-if-they-want-to-learn/

This New-To-Science Palm Plant Flowers And Fruits Entirely Underground | @KewGardens | @PlantspplPlanet

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#plants #PlantScience #botany #Borneo https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/07/10/this-new-to-science-palm-plant-flowers-and-fruits-entirely-underground/

giant salamanders are declining throughout their entire eastern US range — but why?

In Search Of America’s Missing Hellbenders | out of @virginia_tech published by @ASNAmNat

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#amphibians #conservation #deforestation #agriculture https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/07/06/in-search-of-americas-missing-hellbenders/

New Drug May Slow Evolution Of Antibiotic Resistance In Bacteria | out of @Baylor study published by @ScienceAdvances

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#microbiology #antibiotics #pharma #medicine https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/06/25/new-drug-may-slow-evolution-of-antibiotic-resistance-in-bacteria/

Australia’s Avian Conservation #Books Four-Pack For Kids — #Reviews! published by @CSIROPublishing

reviewed by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#books #BookReview #ChildrensBooks #birds #ornithology #conservation https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/06/24/australias-avian-conservation-books-four-pack-for-kids---reviews/

More People Means More Cats Which Mean More Parasites | analysis via @UCDavis / @UCDavisVetMed

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#pets #cats #diseases https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/06/23/more-people-means-more-cats-which-mean-more-parasites/

North America’s First Parrot Breeders Got Started Earlier Than We Knew, study published by @PNASNexus

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#parrots #IndigenousPeoples #economicdevelopment https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/06/19/north-americas-first-parrot-breeders-got-started-earlier-than-we-knew/

As we’ve become unmoored from nature, we’ve forgotten the importance and many uses of a variety of plants, especially the much-maligned dandelion

How I Learned How To Love Dandelions https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/06/13/learning-how-to-love-dandelions/

How Intensive Farming Practices Are Wiping Out Europe’s Wild Birds | via a huge @Natures_Voice collaboration & published by @PNASNews

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#agriculture #farming #pesticides #herbicides #fertilizers #birds https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/05/29/how-intensive-farming-practices-are-wiping-out-europes-wild-birds/

Three Cheetah Cubs Died During India’s Current Heatwave

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#conservation #EndangeredSpecies #CheetahProject #India #heatwaves #ClimateEmergency https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/05/27/three-cheetah-cubs-died-during-indias-current-heatwave/

Ancient Saddle Unearthed From Chinese Woman’s Tomb

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#horses #saddle #China #Archaeology https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/05/26/ancient-saddle-unearthed-from-chinese-womans-tomb/

Air-Sniffing Technology Detects Sex Of Chicken Eggs | via @UCDavis & @SENSIT_USA, published by @PLOSONE

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#chickens #Poultry #eggs #AnimalWelfare #farming https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/05/24/air-sniffing-technology-detects-sex-of-chicken-eggs/