GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ :verified:

PhD scientist in evolutionary ecology & ornithology
SciComm @Forbes
Formerly SciComm @Guardian, Evolution Institute, Bird Note Radio, ScienceBlogs
Twitter legacy :verified:
Vegan. Lifelong birder.

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2026-05-14 14:13:50 UTC

Parrots Use Proper Names Like Humans Do To Call Out Individuals
"Parrots may use names like humans do, showing signs of social understanding and individual recognition."
#SciComm by @npub1xl3…cpvm
#Vocalizations #ornithology #behavior #ecology https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/05/14/parrots-use-proper-names-like-humans-do-to-call-out-individuals/
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2026-05-08 14:05:43 UTC

Indigenous Communities Report Dramatic Loss of Large Bird Species Over 80 Years
"As the global avian extinction crisis accelerates, the loss of large-bodied birds is destroying local biodiversity and ecology, and eroding the cultural memory of Indigenous Peoples."
#SciComm by @npub1xl3…cpvm
#IndigenousPeoples #Birds #BiodiversityLoss #Ecocide https://grrlscientist.medium.com/indigenous-communities-report-dramatic-loss-of-large-bird-species-over-80-years-5165822406af
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2026-01-11 08:39:11 UTC

Your Pup’s Dinner Can Have Greater Climate Impacts Than Your Own Meals
"Depending upon formulation, dog food has a more variable — and sometimes larger — environmental pawprint than human diets."
#SciComm by @npub1xl3…cpvm
#PetFood #DogFood #Dogs🐕 #GreenhouseGasEmissions #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalImpacts https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/01/10/your-pups-dinner-can-have-greater-climate-impacts-than-your-own-meals/
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2025-12-02 20:27:42 UTC

She’s Back! Wisdom The Incredible Laysan Albatross Has Returned
"The world’s oldest known wild bird, Wisdom, the Laysan albatross, has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to nest."
#SciComm by @npub1xl3…cpvm
#Albatross #seabirds #birds #ornithology #conservation #MidwayAtoll #evolution https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/12/02/shes-back-wisdom-the-incredible-laysan-albatross-has-returned/
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2025-10-22 08:18:00 UTC

Our Malady: Lessons In Liberty From A Hospital Diary by Timothy Snyder — Review
"Health care should be a right, not a privilege, for the sake of our bodies, and for the sake of our souls."
#BookReview by @npub1xl3…cpvm
#books #healthcare #nonfiction #philosophy https://medium.com/discourse/our-malady-lessons-in-liberty-from-a-hospital-diary-by-timothy-snyder-review-2910fe010de4
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2025-10-16 17:33:05 UTC

Shingrix, The Shingles Vaccine, Could Reduce Your Risk Of Dementia
"The new recombinant shingles vaccine, ‘Shingrix,’ is associated with a reduced risk of dementia compared to an earlier shingles vaccine, according to a major new study."
#SciComm by @npub1xl3…cpvm
#Shingrix #Shingles #VSV #chickenpox #dementia #Vaccines #Healthcare #PublicHealth https://medium.com/grrlscientist/shingrix-the-shingles-vaccine-could-reduce-your-risk-of-dementia-0e3632822c7e
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2025-10-10 14:06:06 UTC

Bye-bye birdies!
500 Bird Species Face Extinction Within The Next Century
"The loss of these birds will lead to the unraveling or to the complete collapse of entire ecosystems."
#SciComm by @npub1xl3…cpvm
#birds #conservation #extinction #biodiversity #ecosystems #HumanImpacts #ClimateCrisis https://medium.com/grrlscientist/500-bird-species-face-extinction-within-the-next-century-8cb0898b4444
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2025-10-07 19:42:39 UTC

Ocean Acidification Crossed A Critical Boundary, Threatening Marine Ecosystems
"How quickly can we change ocean chemistry without damaging marine ecosystems and its associated ecosystem services?"
#SciComm by @npub1xl3…cpvm
#CriticalBoundary #Ocean #OceanAcidification #marine #MarineBiology #Ecosystem https://medium.com/grrlscientist/ocean-acidification-crossed-a-critical-boundary-threatening-marine-ecosystems-ad8463cd3350
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2025-09-17 14:48:15 UTC

Moral Ambition By Rutger Bregman — Review
"Greed and selfishness are failing humanity: can “moral ambition” save the day — and us?"
#BookReview by @npub1xl3…cpvm
#books #philosophy #MoralAmbition #Greed #Selfishness #Nonfiction https://medium.com/grrlscientist/moral-ambition-by-rutger-bregman-review-e13834223f26
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2025-09-11 14:17:28 UTC

Climate Change And Land Use Changes Combine To Threaten Native Bee Populations
"Warming temperatures at night combined with habitat destruction are the cause of large population declines in wild native bee populations."
#SciComm by @npub1xl3…cpvm
#bees #NativeBees #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #HabitatDestruction #EndangeredSpecies https://medium.com/grrlscientist/climate-change-and-land-use-changes-combine-to-threaten-native-bee-populations-a8e7845ab48a
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2025-07-29 12:22:02 UTC

The Omnivore’s Deception By John Sanbonmatsu — Review
"A brilliantly argued dismantling of Michael Pollan and other supporters of the meat industry who lie to the public by claiming that we can have our meat and our morals, too"
#BookReview by @npub1xl3…cpvm, published by NYUpress
#books #philosophy #nonfiction #veganism #GoVegan #EthicalVegan #AnimalRights #AnimalAbuse https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/07/21/the-omnivores-deception-by-john-sanbonmatsu---review/
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2025-07-22 06:41:36 UTC

2025-07-21 16:20:24 UTC

Giant Hairy Pitcher Plant Discovered In Northern Borneo
"Discovered in the ultramafic mountains in central Sabah, the species was named for the orangutan, due to its hairs’ striking resemblance to the great ape’s long, dark, rusty-red hair."
#SciComm by @npub1xl3…cpvm
#plants #Nepenthes #PitcherPlants #CarnivorousPlants https://medium.com/grrlscientist/giant-hairy-pitcher-plant-discovered-in-northern-borneo-4e1f858103c3
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2025-06-24 06:24:00 UTC

The Portuguese Man Of War Is Actually Four Distinct Species, study led by Yale University with Griffith University, published by Current Biology
#SciComm by @npub1xl3…cpvm
#MarineBiology #ecology #NewSpecies https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/06/23/the-portuguese-man-of-war-is-actually-four-distinct-species/
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2025-06-04 18:30:05 UTC

When The Sahara Was Green By Martin Williams — Review, #book published by Princeton University Press
“The fascinating but little-known history of how the Sahara was transformed from a pleasant green and fertile land into the largest hot desert in the world.”
#BookReview by @npub1xl3…cpvm
#Nonfiction #SaharaDesert #GreenSahara #Geology #Archaeology #Ecology #ClimateChange #history https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/06/04/when-the-sahara-was-green-by-martin-williams---review/
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2025-05-27 07:31:18 UTC

Moral Ambition: Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference By Rutger Bregman — #Review
#BookReview by @npub1xl3…cpvm, #book published by Little, Brown & Company
#ethics #MoralLiving #MeaningfulLife #SocietalProblems #philosophy #nonfiction https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/05/26/moral-ambition-by-rutger-bregman---review/
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2025-02-25 17:57:54 UTC

“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change.
I am changing the things I cannot accept.”
#politics #Protest #FascistAmeriKKKa #EatTheRich
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2025-02-09 13:23:35 UTC

Economic Blackout on 28 February 2025: Take part & share the news
Do not buy ANYTHING on 28 Feb 2025, especially from big box stores!
#EconomicBlackout #Resist #Protest #politics
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2025-01-14 15:28:40 UTC

How To Disease-Proof Your Wild #BirdFeeders
"Feeding wild #birds is a popular hobby globally, but it presents invisible #disease risks to the very birds🦉 that we are feeding — but there are ways to safeguard their health"
by @npub1xl3…cpvm
#wildlife https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/01/14/how-to-disease-proof-your-wild-bird-feeders/
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2024-12-27 23:16:47 UTC

Giant Hairy Pitcher Plant Discovered In Northern Borneo | Sabah Forestry Department, Cairns Botanic Gardens & Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, published by Australian Journal of Botany
by @npub1xl3…cpvm
#NewSpecies #botany #plants #conservation #Borneo🇮🇩 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/12/27/giant-hairy-pitcher-plant-discovered-in-northern-borneo/
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2024-12-04 14:27:33 UTC

Spectacularly Colorful Fish Is First New Species Ever Described By A Scientist From The Maldives
"An international team of scientists discovered a new species of mesophotic coral reef-dwelling fish in the Indian Ocean"
by @npub1xl3…cpvm via #Substack
#ReefFish🐠 #MarineBiology #Maldives🇲🇻 #Ichthyology #NewSpecies #scicomm🧪 https://substack.com/home/post/p-152460299
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2024-11-25 13:45:53 UTC

Lone Dolphin In Baltic Sea Apparently Talking To Himself, study out of University of Southern Denmark (SyddanskUni), published by Bioacoustics
by @npub1xl3…cpvm
#dolphin🐬 #cetaceans #AcousticEcology #Bioacoustics #BalticSea #Denmark #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/11/25/lone-dolphin-in-baltic-sea-apparently-talking-to-himself/
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2024-11-13 16:34:06 UTC

The Secret Magic Of Gophers To Help Restore Devastated Landscapes, study out of University of California, Riverside, published by Frontiers in #Microbiology
#SciComm by @npub1xl3…cpvm
#ecology #microbiomes #biodiversity #ClimateCatastrophe #MountStHelens https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/11/13/the-secret-magic-of-gophers-to-help-restore-devastated-landscapes/
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2024-11-11 09:42:13 UTC

Fish On Prozac: Psychiatric Drug #Pollution May Harm Wild #Fish
Antidepressants like #prozac (fluoxetine) have helped millions of people around the world, but studies show they may be harming wildlife & wild fish
by @npub1xl3…cpvm via #Substack
#water #SciComm🧪 https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/fish-on-prozac-psychiatric-drug-pollution
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2024-10-26 15:21:30 UTC

Washington Post editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes published this on the paper’s website, titling it “Democracy Dies in Darkness”
#WashingtonPost #fascism #Editorial #politics
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