Blue Tit Populations Closely Linked To Numbers Of Moth Caterpillars out of University of Reading & RSPB published by Ecology Letters

by @grrlscientist

#birds🪶 #moths🐛 #insects #ornithology🦉 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/01/23/blue-tit-populations-closely-linked-to-numbers-of-moth-caterpillars/

Avian Influenza Virus Presents ‘Apocalyptic’ Threat To Wildlife Around The World via TheWCS, with comments by RSPB Science

by @grrlscientist

#birds🦜 #BirdFlu #HPAI #H5N1 #influenza #virus🦠 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/01/19/avian-influenza-virus-presents-apocalyptic-threat-to-wildlife-around-the-world/

Consuming More Plant Protein May Aid Healthier Aging In Women, a study out of HNRCA_Tufts, published by AJCNutrition

by @grrlscientist

#nutrition #aging #HealthyEating #women #PlantBased #protein #food #GoVegan #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/01/18/consuming-more-plant-protein-may-aid-healthier-aging-in-women/

wow: my piece about orange-bellied parrots is the main story today on Forbes Science page (but weirdly, it's not an editor's pick)

by @grrlscientist

#parrots #viruses #extinction https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/01/17/australian-parrot-faces-extinction-threats-from-previously-unidentified-viruses/

Australian Parrot Potentially Faces Extinction Threats From Previously Unidentified Viruses via James Cook University & published by Microbiology Spectrum

by @grrlscientist

#parrots🦜 #endangered #extinction #viruses🦠 #Australia🇦🇺 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/01/17/australian-parrot-faces-extinction-threats-from-previously-unidentified-viruses/

A River’s Microbiome May Protect Wild Salmon Against Malnutrition via Oregon State University, published by Applied and Environmental #Microbiology

by @grrlscientist

#ecology #microbiome #microbiology🔬 #salmon #malnutrition #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/01/15/a-rivers-microbiome-may-protect-wild-salmon-against-malnutrition/

Cracking The Silk Dress Cryptogram Hidden In Bennett’s Bronze Bustle | out of @UManitoba, published by Cryptologia

by @grrlscientist

#weather #codes #cryptograms #antiques #VintageCostumes #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/01/11/cracking-the-silk-dress-cryptogram-hidden-in-bennetts-bronze-bustle/

OMG!! look what just arrived: a monstrously thick paperback, The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman, that i am SOOO excited to read! (& so lucky to get a copy of since it was first published in 2013)

#MustRead #books #nonfiction #indigenous #Brazil🇧🇷 https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674724686

and woot! this book just arrived today too: Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City

i've been so homesick for Tokyo recently, so this beautiful book may make me feel better

#books #MustRead https://oroeditions.com/product/emergent-tokyo

YIPPEE YI YAY

The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable by Amitav Ghosh, just arrived today, thanks to a follower who volunteered to send it from the US

SOOO EXCITED TO READ IT!

#books #MustRead https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo22265507.html

#AmReading this incredibly inspirational, thoughtful & hopeful #book about sea level rise due to #ClimateCrisis by rosanna xia, California Against The Sea

#MustRead #environment #coast #beaches #California

https://www.heydaybooks.com/catalog/california-against-the-sea/

Polly Dips Her Crackers In Water, Like People Dipping Theirs In Coffee | University of Vienna & University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, published by Royal Society Publishing Biology Letters

by @grrlscientist

#parrots🦜 #ornithology #innovation #food #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/12/29/polly-dips-her-crackers-in-water-like-people-dipping-theirs-in-coffee/

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