Shark Barfs Up A Spiky Echidna In Front Of Surprised Scientists, via James Cook University
#sharks🦈 #echidna #MarineBiology🌊 #tagging #Australia🇦🇺 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/06/07/shark-barfs-up-a-spiky-echidna-in-front-of-surprised-scientists/
Frequent Mowing May Transform Poisonous Weeds Into ‘Superweeds’, from University of Arkansas + University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, published by Scientific Reports
#weeds #superweeds #plants #evolution #ecology #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/06/05/frequent-mowing-may-transform-poisonous-weeds-into-superweeds/
Watch: How A Frog Is Helping Scientists Understand A Deadly Amphibian Pandemic
by @grrlscientist with video by bioGraphic
#amphibian #frogs🐸 #pandemic #chytrid #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/05/31/watch-how-a-frog-is-helping-scientists-understand-a-deadly-amphibian-pandemic/
Personalized Phage Therapy Heals Cat With Deadly Bacterial Infection, via Hebrew University, published by #Veterinary🩺 Quarterly
#Medicine⚕️ #PhageTherapy #Microbiology🔬 #MDRO #bacteria🧫 #bacteriophage🦠 #cats🐈⬛ #pets🐾 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/05/30/personalized-phage-therapy-heals-cat-with-deadly-bacterial-infection/
Humans Really Are The Most Terrifying Predator On The Planet, study out of Western University & University of Tasmania🇦🇺, published by Royal Society ProceedingsB #Biological #Sciences
#wildlife🦘#hunting #human #SuperPredator #PTSD #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/05/28/humans-really-are-the-most-terrifying-predator-on-the-planet/
Diverse Headgear Of Hoofed Mammals Evolved From A Common Ancestor, study from Baruch College & CUNY Graduate Center, published by Communications Biology
#evolution #GeneExpression🧬 #transcriptomes #cervidae🦌🦬🦒 #headgear #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/05/27/diverse-headgear-of-hoofed-mammals-evolved-from-a-common-ancestor/
Genetic Mutation Underlying Finland’s ‘Salty Liquorice’ Cats Identified, out of University of Helsinki🇫🇮 + Wisdom Panel, published by Animal Genetics
#pets #cats🐈⬛ #caturday🐾 #genetics🧬 #color🎨 #salmiak #Finland🇫🇮 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/05/24/genetic-mutation-underlying-finlands-salty-liquorice-cats-identified/
Genetics Reveals The Mysterious Origins Of The Cockroach via University of Western Australia + Harvard University, published by PNAS
#cockroach🪳 #InsectDetective #insects #evolution #systematics #pesticides #genetics🧬 #BarcodeGene #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/05/22/genetics-reveals-the-mysterious-origins-of-the-cockroach/
Birdwatching🦉 Can Improve Mental Health And Reduce Distress In Students, study from North Carolina State University, published by Journal of Environmental Psychology
#birding🪶 #university_students🎒 #MentalHealth🧠 #psychology #distress #Scicomm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/05/20/birdwatching-can-improve-mental-health-and-reduce-distress-in-students/
H5N1 Avian Influenza Detected In New York City’s Wild Birds🪶 | Icahn School of Medicine, BioBus & the WildBirdFund, published by Journal of Virology
#BirdFlu🦠 #HPAI #H5N1 #AvianInfluenza #microbiology🔬 #NYC #PublicHealth🛟 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/05/16/h5n1-avian-influenza-detected-in-new-york-citys-wild-birds/
Infanticide Or Adoption? Why Parrots Kill Or Care For Each Other’s Chicks🐣, study out of UCBerkeley & The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, published by PNAS
#parrots🦜 #ornithology🪶 #ecology🌎 #behavior #evolution #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/05/13/infanticide-or-adoption-why-parrots-kill-or-care-for-each-others-chicks/
The Climate Crisis Is Cooking Baby Bumblebees In Their Nests, study out of University of Guelph, published by Frontiers In #Bee #Science🔬
#ClimateCrisis #HeatWaves🌡️ #bumblebee🐝 #pollinators #insects #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/05/07/the-climate-crisis-is-cooking-baby-bumblebees-in-their-nests/
Long Pointy Snouts Protect Snow-Diving Foxes From Injury, study out of Cornell University, published by PNAS
#morphology #behavior #evolution #hunting #foxes🦊 #snow❄️ #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/30/long-pointy-snouts-protect-snow-diving-foxes-from-injury/
Scientists Uncover Powerful Link Between Dietary Choices And Brain Health | University Of Warwick, Fudan University & UK Biobank, published by Nature Mental Health
#cognition🧠 #MentalHealth #HealthyChoices #food🫘🌶️ #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/29/scientists-uncover-powerful-link-between-dietary-choices-and-brain-health/
Uncovering The Genomic Secrets Of Color Variants In Female Cuckoo Birds | LMU München, CUNY + more, published by Science Advances
#birds🦉 #ornithology🪶 #genomics🧬🖥️ #evolution #color🎨 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/28/uncovering-the-genomic-secrets-of-color-variants-in-female-cuckoo-birds/
The Netherlands🇳🇱 Is Losing Its Insect-Pollinated Flowers | study from University of Leiden & Naturalis Biodiversity Center, published by Journal of Applied Ecology
#SciComm🧪 #ClimateCrisis #Biodiversity #pollination🐝 #plants🌺 #insects🪲 #ecology https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/24/the-netherlands-is-losing-its-insect-pollinated-flowers/
Mentally Stimulating Occupations Are Key To Avoiding Dementia, study out of ColumbiaMSPH & Folkehelseinst published by Neurology
#cognition🧠 #dementia #aging #Jobs💼 #Neurology #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/23/mentally-stimulating-occupations-are-key-to-avoiding-dementia/
The Devil Lost In Details: Tasmanian Devil Cancer Transmission Is NOT Slowing | University of Cambridge, published by RoyalSociety #OpenScience
#Endangered #TasmanianDevil #Cancer #Oncology #CancerResearch #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/21/the-devil-lost-in-details-tasmanian-devil-cancer-transmission-is-not-slowing/
Biodiversity Is Nature’s ‘Magic’ That Improves Peoples’ Mental Health, study out of King's College London, published by Scientific Reports
#nature #biodiversity🪶 #ecotherapy #MentalHealth👩⚕️ #psychology #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/17/biodiversity-is-natures-magic-that-improves-peoples-mental-health/
Four In Five Bird Species Cannot Tolerate Intense Human Pressures, out of Aarhus University, published by Global Ecology and Biogeography
#birds🦉 #ornithology🪶 #biodiversity #conservation🌍 #habitat https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/16/four-in-five-bird-species-cannot-tolerate-intense-human-pressures/
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