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@grrlscientist

PhD ornithology, parrot researcher, SciComm journalist & writer
Currently: Forbes
Formerly: The Guardian.
Vegan.
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·9 days

North Atlantic Right Whales Are Facing Extinction

"Ship strikes and fishing gear entanglements continue to reduce the numbers of North Atlantic right whale population, and the species could become extinct by 2040"

by @grrlscientist

grrlscientist.medium.com/north

·14 days

‘Vanished: An Unnatural History Of Extinction,’ By Sadiah Qureshi — Review

"A poignant recounting ofthe tangled and unnatural histories of extinction and empire, and how extinction is not necessarily inevitable but instead, is a political choice."

by @grrlscientist

medium.com/@grrlscientist/vani

·23 days

Monterey Bay is home to Plastic-Filled Seabirds And Fish

"Microparticles recovered from the guts of some seabirds living in Monterey Bay exhibited estrogen-like effects that have the potential to disrupt normal hormone functions"

by @grrlscientist

medium.com/@grrlscientist/mont

·27 days

Half Male-Half Female Spider Discovered In Thailand Is New To Science

"Not only is this species new to science, but this remarkable individual is the first record of a rare biological phenomenon (bilateral gynandromorphism) in this previously unknown species."

by @grrlscientist

grrlscientist.medium.com/half-

·about 1 month

The Genetic Basis for Red Plumage Color In Birds

"Two teams of researchers have independently identified a gene-encoded enzyme in birds that converts yellow pigments obtained from the diet into red pigments, which birds then use to color their feathers, bills and bare skin"

by @grrlscientist

grrlscientist.medium.com/the-g