Words About Birds
GrrlScientistFilled with reports about science, along with stories, opinions, and book reviews. Originally only about birds but this Substack now covers a variety of biology, zoology, conservation and health topics. I publish science material every MWF.
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The Wild Can Be a 'Death Trap' For Some Rescued Wildlife Species
A new study highlights how small poorly known mammals could be a newly-released rescued animal’s worst enemy.
Nishat, one of the two individual Bengal slow lorises, Nycticebus bengalensis, that survived being rescued and released. (Credit:...
'The Curie Society, Volume 2: Eris Eternal'— Review
Book cover art by Sonia Liao (2024; The MIT Press)
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Our three courageous teen-aged sheroes from the Curie Society are back. In this, the second instalment in the series, The Curie Society: Eris Eternal by Heathe...
Wild Parrots Name Their Babies
Wild green-rumped parrotlet parents give their babies their own individual names
Wild Green-rumped Parrotlet, Forpus passerinus, in Trinidad 2014, Caribbean. (Credit: Jam mohd / CC BY-SA 4.0)
Butterbutt biology: what mitochondria teach us about bird migration
A non-migratory population of songbirds appears to have acquired mitochondria from their close relatives that are migratory, potentially allowing this sedentary population of birds to migrate better
An adult male Butterbutt — also known as...
Hummingbirds: still evolving endless forms most wonderful
A new study finds that the rising Andes is tied to the rapid speciation of hummingbirds. This study also predicts that hummingbirds will evolve twice as many species as what we see today.
Volcano hummingbird, Selasphorus flammula, photogra...
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PhD ornithology UW, parrot researcher, SciComm journalist & writer. Currently: Forbes. Formerly: The Guardian. Formerly: AMNH & Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. Microbiologist. Bookworm & recluse. Atheist & Vegan https://linktr.ee/grrlscientist
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