Birds Identified In Ancient Egyptian Mural 3300 Years After It Was Painted, a study out of @morethanadodo & @Cambridge_Uni

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#archaeology #Egyptology #birding #ornithology #SciComm #science #Masterpiece #art https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/12/30/birds-identified-in-ancient-egyptian-mural-3300-years-after-it-was-painted/

new #books that were delivered within the last week, thanks to Nick the wonderful & @UChicagoPress

Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race by Mary-Jane Rubenstein

#BookLover #MustRead #SpaceRace #Capitalism #Colonialism https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo184287883.html

a big box of books arrived in the mail today from Nicholas the wonderful & @UChicagoPress. here's one of these #MustRead #books, The Perfection of Nature, that i'm very excited to #read:

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo180770962.html

Female Southern Pied Babblers Get Stupider As They Produce More Offspring, out of @UWAnews @Macquarie_Uni @Fitztitute & @UniofExeter

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#birds #ornithology #energy #climate #behavior #ecology #evolution https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/12/27/female-southern-pied-babblers-get-stupider-as-they-produce-more-offspring/

hey my peeps! what did you get for christmas? here's my gift (from @Hel_TCW & family), published by @HarperDesignBks

#books https://www.harpercollins.com/products/celebrating-birds-natalia-rojasana-maria-martinez

Is Climate Change Icing Out Rudolph? study by scientists based at Norwegian University of Life Sciences ( @noragric )

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#Climate #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #Reindeer https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/12/24/is-climate-change-icing-out-rudolph/

so EXCITED!! look what just arrived today! many thanks to the amazing jenny & the good people @NYUpress! REALLY looking forward to reading this #book!

#books #MustRead thrilled beyond words, actually

https://nyupress.org/9781479803200/growing-up-bank-street/

researching & writing a story about #Reindeer (what else??) for you & just learned that ALL of #Santa's reindeer are FEMALE. yes, even #Rudolph! how do i know this? male reindeer lose their antlers by or before the beginning of december, but female reindeer keep theirs all year!

Endangered Australian Frog Songs Are Hopping Their Way Up The #ARIA Music Chart

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#music #albums #AlbumsYouMustHear #HolidayGiftGuide #EndangeredSpecies #conservation #Australia https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/12/19/endangered-australian-frog-songs-are-hopping-their-way-up-the-aria-music-chart/

Why Do We Love Some Animals But Kill Or Eat Others?

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#animals #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights #ethics #psychology #Anthrozoology #SciComm #science https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/12/17/why-do-we-love-some-animals-but-kill-or-eat-others/

Captive Bred Animals Have Reduced Survival In The Wild, by a team at @ANUmedia, published by Biological Reviews

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#endangered #conservation #captive #SciComm #science https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/12/14/captive-bred-animals-have-reduced-survival-in-the-wild/

Angry Birds: Rural Robins Get ‘Road Rage’ When Exposed To Traffic Noise, a study out of @AngliaRuskin Uni & @kocuniversity pub'd by Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#ornithology #behavior #ecology #noise #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/12/12/angry-birds-rural-robins-get-road-rage-when-exposed-to-traffic-noise/

somebody wants a spray-bath!

(this is aegon, a 5yo male solomon islands eclectus)

#parrots #birds #pets

What Does Polly Say? Species Differences In Vocal Learning By Parrots Revealed By Citizen Scientists, study by @PittJohnstown & @UNC_Colorado published by @SciReports

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#parrots #Vocal #learning #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/12/07/what-does-polly-say-species-differences-in-vocal-learning-by-parrots-revealed-by-citizen-scientists/

hm. i did a thing this year

Properly Feeding Your Microbiome Can Make You Healthier

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#health #Food #microbiome https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/12/05/properly-feeding-your-microbiome-can-make-you-healthier/

just started reading Horse: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks, published by @VikingBooksUK. a fascinating & exquisitely beautiful novel based on real people, real #racehorses & horse #art. Won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize

#MustRead #books #horses #history https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/535715/horse-by-geraldine-brooks/

Different: What Apes Can Teach Us About Gender By Frans De Waal — Review, #book published by @GrantaBooks

#BookReview by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#books #Apes #gender #culture #social #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/11/30/different-what-apes-can-teach-us-about-gender-by-frans-de-waal---review/

congratulations to my friend, henry gee: last night, he WON the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2022 with his wonderful #MustRead book, A (Very) Short History Of Life On Earth

#books
my #review: https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/11/24/a-very-short-history-of-life-on-earth-by-henry-gee---review/
awards ceremony #video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6peNBZOCxI

Age Proof: The New Science Of Living A Longer And Healthier Life By Rose Anne Kenny — Review, #book published by @BonnierBooks_UK

#BookReview by @grrlscientist via @forbes /@ForbesScience

#books #health #aging #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/11/29/age-proof-the-new-science-of-living-a-longer-and-healthier-life-by-rose-anne-kenny---review/