African Painted Dogs Could Be Cooked Into Extinction By Climate Change | via UCL published by Global Change Biology

Global warming isn’t only affecting animals like polar bears and emperor penguins. African wild dog populations may also collapse due to climate change

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#ClimateCrisis #extinction #wildlife #6thMassExtinction

https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/08/29/african-painted-dogs-could-be-cooked-into-extinction-by-climate-change/

Our love of nature is highly individual and how we plan our cities and urban green spaces should take this into account, say scientists

Heredity And Early Experiences Are The Reasons People Love Nature | @GoteborgsUni & @_SLU | published in @Trends_Ecol_Evo

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#nature #biophilia #genetics #experiences #greenspaces #UrbanPlanning https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/08/20/heredity-and-early-experiences-are-the-reasons-people-love-nature/

Can Genetic Rescue Save This Critically Endangered Songbird? | @MonashUni @ZoosVictoria published by Biological Conservation

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#birds #ornithology #genetics #conservation #endangered #Australia https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/08/16/can-genetic-rescue-save-this-critically-endangered-songbird/

where did we come from?

Mitochondria Hold The Secret Of The Origins Of Cellular Complexity On Earth | @UNAM_MX | @ScienceAdvances

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#life #evolution #mitochondria #microbiology https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/08/13/mitochondria-hold-the-secret-of-the-origins-of-cellular-complexity-on-earth/

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/