How To Walk Without A Brain

"How do sea stars monitor and coordinate hundreds of tube feet whilst moving around — and how do they do this without a brain?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#SeaStar #biomechanics #robotics #Movement #Starfish #Biodiversity https://grrlscientist.medium.com/how-to-walk-without-a-brain-c1fe1b055330

How Do Introduced Parrots Thrive In Cities?

"Are parrots competing with native bird species for essential resources or are they living in unexploited ecological spaces?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#ecology #IntroducedSpecies #biodiversity #UrbanBirds https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/04/16/how-do-introduced-parrots-thrive-in-cities/

Watch: How do Sensitive Plants Respond So Quickly To Being Poked?

"This video captures a weird plant behaviour; a sensitive plant folding up its leaves in response to a variety of disturbances."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#plants #PlantBehavior #ecology #physiology #botany #video https://grrlscientist.medium.com/watch-how-do-sensitive-plants-respond-so-quickly-to-being-poked-e0d9d299ecc0

Evolutionary Insights Into Longevity And Cognition Provided By Parrot Genomes

"Analysis of the genome of an Amazon parrot and 26 other birds revealed a large number of similar mutations in genes associated with longevity, larger brains and advanced cognitive abilities"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#longevity #cognition #parrots #genomes https://grrlscientist.medium.com/evolutionary-insights-into-longevity-and-cognition-provided-by-parrot-genomes-1946856df696

Native Deciduous Trees Support Urban and Woodland Birds Better Than Exotics

"Native trees, especially oaks and birch, are important to the reproductive success of insectivorous birds and other wildlife."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#NativeTrees #ExoticTrees #ecology #insects https://grrlscientist.medium.com/native-deciduous-trees-support-urban-and-woodland-birds-better-than-exotics-d6059cb30fe3

Book Review: The Lives Of Bees by Thomas Seeley

"This gorgeous and noteworthy book provides a very different view of honey bees and how they live in the wild and offers important lessons for saving the world’s managed bee colonies."

#BookReview by @GrrlScientist

#bees #Beekeeping #insects #pollinators #books https://grrlscientist.medium.com/book-review-the-lives-of-bees-by-thomas-seeley-7514031f8234

Insectivorous Birds In Your Vineyards And Orchards Reduces Insects Pests

"Research documents that insectivorous birds provide significant eco-friendly pest control services to winegrape growers when they are provided nestboxes."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#birds #insects #ecofriendly #PestControl #Vineyards #Orchards https://grrlscientist.medium.com/insectivorous-birds-in-your-vineyards-and-orchards-reduces-insects-pests-173cf3b0c15f

How Do We Know A Species Is Really Extinct?

"When the only image available of your species is a painting, that’s a really big clue that it’s extinct"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#Extinct #EndangeredSpecies #WarOnWildlife #ecocide https://grrlscientist.medium.com/how-do-we-know-a-species-is-really-extinct-c9c1c436c3c8

Prey Size Affects Dynamics Between Cougars And Wolves in Yellowstone

"How do two apex predators, cougars and wolves, compete and coexist?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#wolves #cougars #Yellowstone #CoExistence #ApexPredators #PreyDynamics #ecology https://grrlscientist.medium.com/prey-size-affects-dynamics-between-cougars-and-wolves-in-yellowstone-f47fc9d76654

Watch: What Are Those Crows And Ravens Saying?

"This short video, by the Cornell Lab of O, discusses the differences between and potential meanings of the sounds made by crows and ravens."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#Ravens #Crows #Corvids #ornithology #communication #video https://grrlscientist.medium.com/watch-what-are-those-crows-and-ravens-saying-bc81e1b2c41f