here's a piece i wrote for forbes but chickened out before publishing it there. what do you think: should i publish it on forbes?
Left Behind Pet Care Will Care For Your Pets After Your Rapture by @grrlscientist
#Rapture #LeftBehind #pets #SolarEclipse2024 https://grrlscientist.medium.com/left-behind-pet-care-will-care-for-your-pets-after-your-rapture-3fbd6e881b94
A Virus May Help Save The World’s Amphibians From Extinction, study out of UCRiverside, published by CurrentBiology
#microbiology🔬 #viruses🦠 #fungi #amphibians🐸 #SciComm🧪 #pandemic #extinction https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/04/a-virus-may-help-save-the-worlds-amphibians-from-extinction/
Hundreds Of New Species Discovered On Africa’s Isolated Sky Islands, study out of Oxford Brookes University, published by Scientific Reports
#ecoregion #Africa🌍 #conservation #NewSpecies #taxonomy #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/02/hundreds-of-new-species-discovered-on-africas-isolated-sky-islands/
This Newly Discovered Fluffy Beetle Is Cuter’n A Bug’s Ear, out of University of Queensland, published by Australian Journal of Taxonomy
#insects🪲 #entomology #beetle🐞 #NewSpecies #taxonomy #Australia🇦🇺 #conservation🌏 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/03/25/this-newly-discovered-fluffy-beetle-is-cutern-a-bugs-ear/
Birding Under The Influence By Dorian Anderson — Review | 2023/2024 Chelsea Green publishing
#books📚 #BookReview #BooksWorthReading #birds🪶 #birding #adventure #travel #nonfiction https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/03/24/birding-under-the-influence-by-dorian-anderson---review/
Python Farming Could Provide The Most Sustainable Meat Yet, study out of Macquarie University, published by Scientific Reports
#snakes🐍 #pythons #farming #Sustainability #Food #FoodFriday🫘 #meatmania🍔 #ClimateCrisis #conservation🌏 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/03/22/python-farming-could-provide-the-most-sustainable-meat-yet/
What Is Parrot Fever, The Disease That Has Killed Five People In Europe?
#zoonotic #veterinary #microbiology #health🩺 #disease⚕️ #pets #parrots🦜 #psittacosis #ParrotFever #PublicHealth🛟 #birds🦉 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/03/15/what-is-parrot-fever-the-disease-that-has-killed-five-people-in-europe/
Killing Large Non-Native Herbivores May Be A Conservation Mistake | University of Oxford & Aarhus University, published by ScienceMagazine
#conservation #wildlife #plants #ecology #evolution #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/03/13/killing-large-non-native-herbivores-may-be-a-conservation-mistake/
Lost In Translation: Giant Brown Pandas Caused By A Gene Mutation, published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
#panda🐼 #coloring🎨 #Genetics🧬 #ecology #CRISPR #conservation🌏 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/03/06/lost-in-translation-giant-brown-pandas-caused-by-a-gene-mutation/
Neutering Rottweilers May Actually Reduce Their Lifespan: Study out of James Cook University, published by Scientific Reports
#dogs🐕🦺 #pets🐾 #neuter #lifespan #Health⚕️ #WeightGain #Veterinarian🩺 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/03/04/neutering-rottweilers-may-actually-reduce-their-lifespan-study/
This Tiny Fish🐟 Can Produce Sounds That Are As Loud As A Firecracker🧨 | a study out of Senckenberg Natural History Collections in Dresden & ChariteBerlin, published by PNAS
#fish #teleost #sound🔉 #acoustic #ecology #evolution #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/02/28/this-tiny-fish-can-produce-sounds-that-are-as-loud-as-a-firecracker/
Why Do Tawny Owls Come In Two Different Colors? a study out of University of Turku published by Molecular Ecology
#owl🦉 #TawnyOwl #birds🪶 #color #conservation🌍 #genomics #ecology #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/02/26/why-do-tawny-owls-come-in-two-different-colors/
Famous ‘Lost Bird’ Found, Photographed For The First Time Ever In Africa | University of Texas at El Paso
#birds🦜 #ornithology🪶 #birding #amphibians #frogs🐸 #biodiversity🌍 #DRC🇨🇩 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/02/21/famous-lost-bird-found-photographed-for-the-first-time-ever-in-africa/
Traits That Predict Increased Extinction Risk For Australian Birds | out of Australian National University, published by IBIS Journal
#birds🪶 #ornithology🦉 #extinction #conservation🌏 #parrots🦜 #Australia🇦🇺 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/02/20/traits-that-predict-increased-extinction-risk-for-australian-birds/
Modern Early Birds Evolved Long Before The Dinosaurs Went Extinct | published by @PNASNews
#dinosaur🦕 #extinction🦖 #evolution #birds🦜 #ornithology🪶 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/02/19/modern-early-birds-evolved-long-before-the-dinosaurs-went-extinct/
Is The Flea Toad The Smallest Vertebrate In The World? out of Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, published by Zoologica Scripta
#frogs🐸 #amphibians #physiology #ecology #Brazil🇧🇷 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/02/17/is-the-flea-toad-the-smallest-vertebrate-in-the-world/
Lower Income People Benefit Most From Engaging With The Natural Environment⛰️ | University of Vienna & University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences Vienna, pub'd by Health & Place
#MentalHealth⚕️ #income💰 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/02/10/lower-income-people-benefit-most-from-engaging-with-the-natural-environment/
Invasive Ants🐜 Disrupt Lions’🦁 Hunting Behavior🦓 In Kenya🇰🇪, out of University of Wyoming & University of Florida, published by ScienceMagazine
#ecology🌍 #wildlife #Kenya #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/02/05/invasive-ants-disrupt-lions-hunting-behavior-in-kenya/
Clownfish Count Other Fish’s Stripes To Distinguish Friend From Foe | Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology @OISTedu, pub'd by Journal of Experimental Biology @J_Exp_Biol
#fish🐠 #color🎨 #territorial #aggression #competition #Scicomm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/02/03/clownfish-count-other-fishs-stripes-to-distinguish-friend-from-foe/
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