Is The Flea Toad The Smallest Vertebrate In The World?
"Is there a lower limit on vertebrate body size? How small can a vertebrate possibly get?"
by @grrlscientist via #Substack
#Amphibians🐸 #BodySize #Vertebrates #evolution #SciComm🧪 https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/is-the-flea-toad-the-smallest-vertebrate-67c
Mean and Lowly Things: Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo by Kate Jackson -- Review published by Harvard University Press
by @grrlscientist via #Substack
#snakes #herpetology #Congo #FieldWork #biology #books #BooksMakeGreatGifts #HolidayShopping https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/mean-and-lowly-things-snakes-science
How Small Can You Get? Another New-To-Science Flea-Toad Wows Scientists, out of Biology Institute of the University of Campinas, published by PeerJ
#amphibians🐸 #herpetology #vertebrates #BodySize #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/11/01/how-small-can-you-get-another-new-to-science-flea-toad-wows-scientists/
amusing in a mathematical sort of way
Monkeys will never type Shakespeare, study finds
#mathematics #chimpanzees #science https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c748kmvwyv9o
Fascinating
Extreme Acts of Psychogeography: why does Kings Cross Station look like a giant saucer?
#London #geography #Psychogeography #Architecture #history #glacier https://londonist.substack.com/p/extreme-acts-of-psychogeography
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Three New Species Of Peacock Spiders May Be An Arachnophobe's Best Friend
by @grrlscientist via #Substack
#spiders🕷️ #PeacockSpiders #DancingSpiders #Arachnophobe #NewSpecies #Australia🇦🇺 #SciComm🧪 https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/three-new-species-of-peacock-spiders
How Wolves Change Rivers
"Wolves are top predators that have far-reaching beneficial effects upon entire ecosystems -- including the structure of rivers"
by @grrlscientist via Substack
#wolves🐺 #rivers #Yellowstone #ecology #behavior #hunting #SciComm🧪 https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/how-wolves-change-rivers
Wildlife As Property Owners By Karen Bradshaw — Review
by @grrlscientist via #Substack
#Books📚 #BookReview📖 #BooksMakeGreatGifts🎁 #PropertyLaw #wildlife #AnimalRights https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/wildlife-as-property-owners-by-karen
How Wolves Change Rivers
by @grrlscientist via @substack
#wolves🐺 #ecology #evolution #EcosystemEngineers #TrophicCascade #Yellowstone #SciComm🧪 https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/how-wolves-change-rivers
Stripey Damselfish Use ‘Motion Dazzle’ As An Anti-Predator Strategy, out of Macquarie University Natural Sciences, published by PeerJ
#ecology #evolution #MotionDazzle #vision #behavior #CoralReef🪸 #Fish🐠 #Damselfish #MarineBiology🌊 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/09/30/stripey-damselfish-use-motion-dazzle-as-an-anti-predator-strategy/
Extinct Biblical Tree Resurrected From 1,000 Year Old Seed Found In Cave, study published by Communications Biology
#Extinct #trees🌳 #archaeology #botany🌿 #Levant #Bible #SciComms🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/09/27/extinct-biblical-tree-resurrected-from-ancient-seed-found-in-cave/
Extinct-In-The-Wild #Birds Released Into Wild For First Time In 40 Years, work by Guam Dept of Agriculture, Sedgwick Co Zoo & National Zoo, The Nature Conservancy, USFWS & ZSL
#conservation #EndangeredSpecies #ornithology🦉 #ecology #biodiversity #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/09/25/extinct-in-the-wild-birds-released-into-wild-for-first-time-in-40-years/
Scientists Document Cultural Change In Vocal Dialects Of Wild Parrots Over 22 Years | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown, New Mexico State University, pub'd by Proceedings ofthe Royal Society B
#parrots🦜 #ornithology #AcousticEcology #dialects #culture #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/09/20/scientists-document-cultural-change-in-the-dialects-of-wild-parrots-over-22-years/
Fish On Prozac: Psychiatric Drug Pollution May Harm Wild Fish, study out of Monash University & University of Tuscia, published by Journal of Animal Ecology
#Pharmaceuticals💊 #WaterPollution🚰 #fish🐟 #ecology #evolution #environment #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/09/18/fish-on-prozac-psychiatric-drug-pollution-may-harm-wild-fish/
Genome Sequencing Shows Kākāpō Evolved Two Plumage Colors To Evade Predators, study Helmholtz Pioneer Campus, Aotearoa New Zealand Department of Conservation & Māori iwi Ngāi Tahu, pub'd by PLOSBiology
#ecology #ornithology🪶 #genomics #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/09/15/genome-sequencing-shows-kkp-evolved-two-plumage-colors-to-evade-predators/
PhD scientist in evolutionary ecology & ornithology, SciComm @forbes Formerly @guardian @EvoInstitute @BirdNoteRadio @ScienceBlogs. Twitter legacy :verified: