Clever Cockatoo Manufactures And Uses Tools

"Not known to manufacture or use tools in the wild, a captive cockatoo demonstrates that parrots can make tools to suit their needs"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#cognition #ToolUse #Cockatoos #ornithology https://grrlscientist.medium.com/clever-cockatoo-manufactures-and-uses-tools-350214a04362

Sensing Longitude Amongst Migratory Birds

"Migratory songbirds solved the longitude problem long before humans came down from the trees, yet we are only beginning to understand how birds deal with this incredibly difficult problem"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#Longitude #Navigation #Migration #MagneticFields https://grrlscientist.medium.com/sensing-longitude-amongst-migratory-birds-a6150ec16a10

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 @GrrlScientist

#IndigenousPeoples #Birds #BiodiversityLoss #Ecocide https://grrlscientist.medium.com/indigenous-communities-report-dramatic-loss-of-large-bird-species-over-80-years-5165822406af

Complex Communication In Wild Yellow‐Naped Amazon Parrots

"Yellow-Naped Amazon Parrots use complex, warbling duets in very specific ways to argue over territory."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#communication #behavior #Parrots #ornithology https://grrlscientist.medium.com/complex-communication-in-wild-yellow-naped-amazon-parrots-21f798f39375

Predictable evolution is bad news for toads, good news for their predators

"Under certain circumstances, the process of evolution can be highly predictable, especially when there are limited solutions to a particular problem, such as resistance to dangerous toxins"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#evolution #poisons #phylogenetics #Australia https://grrlscientist.medium.com/predictable-evolution-is-bad-news-for-toads-good-news-for-their-predators-7260c33dc54c

Did Seabird Guano Shape The Expansion Of Peru’s Pre-Inca Society?

"The use of seabird poop as a fertilizer for corn and other food crops supported the expansion of pre-Inca civilizations despite living in an extremely arid environment."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#Seabirds #Society #fertilizer #Peru🇵🇪 https://grrlscientist.medium.com/did-seabird-guano-shape-the-expansion-of-perus-pre-inca-society-b2224b97441d

Step-By-Step Evolution Of A Chemical Weapons System By Poison Frogs

Poison frogs appear to have built their chemical defenses gradually: related frogs store low to moderate levels of diet-derived alkaloids, whilst poison frogs store more and could chemically modify them.

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#PoisonFrogs #Evolution #ChemicalEcology #defense https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/04/30/step-by-step-evolution-of-a-chemical-weapons-system-by-poison-frogs/

Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners by Thomas D. Seeley

"The personal backstory to 20 of the most exciting research projects that the author has been part of during his 50 years of research into the abilities and behaviors of honeybees."

#BookReview by @GrrlScientist

#honeybees #pollinators #NaturalHistory #Entomology https://grrlscientist.medium.com/piping-hot-bees-and-boisterous-buzz-runners-by-thomas-d-seeley-review-90f7d1d746d1

Why Cats Leave Their Food Bowl Half Full

"Japanese scientists report that when a food’s scent becomes familiar, cats quickly lose interest in eating, even if they are still hungry."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#cats #EatingHabits #behavior #food https://grrlscientist.medium.com/why-cats-leave-their-food-bowl-half-full-cb83b81b3bcc

How Bruce The Broken Beaked Kea Became King Of His Circus

"Bruce surprised researchers by turning his disability into such a successful advantage, both behaviorally and physiologically."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#parrots #ToolUse #Behavior #cognition #Disability
https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/04/25/how-bruce-the-broken-beaked-kea-became-king-of-his-circus/