The beautiful & wonderfully intricate foot of a male diving beetle, Acilius sulcatus.

Image: Igor Siwanowicz

#photography #nature #beetle

Counting Wolves Across Washington State, featuring a beautiful #video by @bioGraphic about work by @WDFW

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#EndangeredSpecies #wolf #wildlife #conservation #technology #Washington #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/10/31/counting-wolves-across-washington-state/

Why Are There So Many Black Wolves In Yellowstone? a fascinating study from @UniofOxford @COParksWildlife @Penn_State University of Montpellier, pub'd by @ScienceMagazine

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#disease #ecology #evolution #scicomm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/10/29/why-are-there-so-many-black-wolves-in-yellowstone/

The Accidental Ecosystem By Peter S. Alagona — Review | #book published by @UCPress, #bookreview by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#books #ecology #environment #cities #UrbanEcology #wildlife #nonFiction #GiftIdeas https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/10/24/the-accidental-ecosystem-by-peter-s-alagona---review/

Listening To Birdsongs Can Calm Your Frayed Nerves, 2 studies out of @mpib_berlin published by @SciReports & @MolPsychiatry

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#birds #birdsongs #nature #mentalhealth #anxiety #depression #paranoia #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/10/19/listening-to-birdsongs-can-calm-your-frayed-nerves/

Is Nemo A Meanie? Clownfish Stripes Predict Aggressiveness | study out of @OISTedu @Riis_Ryukyu pub'd by @RoyalSociety @RSocPublishing #ProcB

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#coralreefs #behavior #ecology #VisualSignals #colors #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/10/17/is-nemo-a-meanie-clownfish-stripes-predict-aggressiveness/

Even A Small Amount Of Spilled Oil Damages Seabirds’ Feathers | recent study by @UCC published by @RSocPublishing Open Science

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#oilandgas #pollution #environment #ecology #marinebiology #seabirds #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/10/13/even-a-small-amount-of-spilled-oil-damages-seabirds-feathers/

as it turns out, i wrote a piece in 2020 about how ring-necked parakeets were introduced to Britain (and it involved a forensics crime lab)

by @grrlscientist

#Parrots #Britain #scicomm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2019/12/18/crime-investigation-tool-reveals-origins-of-uks-feral-parrots/

Racehorses Sired By Old Stallions Run Slower Than Those With Young Fathers | research from @UniofExeter published by @RSocPublishing Open Science

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience / @ForbesSports

#horses #HorseRacing #racehorses #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/10/10/racehorses-sired-by-old-stallions-run-slower-than-those-with-young-fathers/

The Costs Of Cooperation And Conflict In Group Living, a study out of @LundUniversity, published by @eLife

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#conservation #evolution #cooperation #conflict #group #ecology #breeding #behavior #ostrich https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/10/06/the-costs-of-cooperation-and-conflict-in-group-living/

Is This Colorful Asian Songbird Invading Britain? a recent international study published by @IBIS_journal

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#ornithology #birds #ClimateCrisis #ecology #invasive #Alien #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/10/04/is-this-colorful-asian-songbird-invading-britain/

Chernobyl’s Radiation Turned Its Local Frogs Black, a recent study pub'd by Evolutionary Applications (@EvolAppJournal)

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#frogs #evolution #mutations #radiation #BlackLivesMatter #Chernobyl #Ukraine️ #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/10/02/chernobyls-radiation-turned-its-local-frogs-black/

Why Do Some Female Hummingbirds Crossdress? a recent study out of @UWGradSchool @UWBiology & @STRI_Panama pub'd by @RSocPublishing @RoyalSociety #ProcB

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#ornithology #ecology #evolution #crossdresser #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/09/30/why-do-some-female-hummingbirds-crossdress/

Cowbird Chicks Must Adopt ‘The Goldilocks Principle’ To Boost Survival | a study from @UofIllinois published by @RSocPublishing @royalsociety #ProcB

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#ornithology #birds #evolution #ecology #scicomm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/09/29/cowbird-chicks-must-adopt-the-goldilocks-principle-to-boost-survival/

more #conservation good news!

Lost And Found: The Recovery Of England’s Forgotten Frog, featuring a beautiful #video by @bioGraphic

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#EndangeredSpecies #England #frog #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/09/25/lost-and-found-the-recovery-of-englands-forgotten-frog/

Divorce Is More Common In Albatross Couples With Shy Males, Study Finds, research from @WHOI @MITBiology

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#albatross #ornithology #personality #divorce #evolution #ecology #scicomm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/09/19/divorce-is-more-common-in-albatross-couples-with-shy-males-study-finds/

#Sydney’s Trash Wars: People And Cockatoos Locked In Escalating ‘Innovation Arms Race’ a study out of @MPI_AnimalBehav pub'd by @CurrentBiology

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#culture #parrots #people #learning #Australia #scicomm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/09/13/sydneys-trash-wars-people-and-cockatoos-locked-in-escalating-innovation-arms-race/

Sumba’s Avian Housing Crisis Creates ‘Fight Club’ For Its Rare Cockatoos, a study published by Avian Research

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#parrots #deforestation #poaching #conservation #Sumba #Indonesia #scicomm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/08/31/welcome-to-sumbas-avian-housing-crisis/

Who Knew? Chicks Play Just Like Kittens And Puppies

about a study published by @nature @SciReports by a group @Liu_Universitet

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#chickens #playing #behavior #domestication #farming #AnimalWelfare #scicomm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/08/29/who-knew-chicks-play-just-like-kittens-and-puppies/

First Lear’s Indigo Macaw Hatched In The Wild by Captive-Bred Parents, raising scientists’ hopes this may be the first step to rejuvenating a functionally extinct population of the species in Brazil

by @grrlscientist

#Brazil #parrots #aviaries #zoos #extinction #conservation #ornithology #scicomm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/08/23/first-lears-indigo-macaw-hatched-in-the-wild-by-captive-bred-parents/