Peaks In The Arc. Oil on canvas. 1927. 🎨 Wassily Kandinsky.

Science shows spending time in forests significantly reduces stress and anxiety. To save the forests is to save ourselves. Protect our green cathedrals. 🌲✨ #ClimateAction #MentalHealth

Isn't the reflecting pool beautiful now?

Clever Cockatoo Manufactures And Uses Tools #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #cognition #ToolUse #Cockatoos🦜 #ornithology🦉 grrlscientist.medium.com/clever-cocka...

How hummingbirds live at high altitudes #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #birds #ecology #physiology #evolution grrlscientist.medium.com/how-hummingb...

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 @grrlscientist.bsky.social #Vocalizations #ornithology🦉 #behavior #ecology www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...

Is your AI chatbot manipulating you? Subtly reshaping your opinions? https://theconversation.com/is-your-ai-chatbot-manipulating-you-subtly-reshaping-your-opinions-280800 #AI #technology #psychology #science #STEM

note to self

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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 @grrlscientist.bsky.social #Vocalizations #ornithology🦉 #behavior #ecology www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...

The horse racing industry responds with indifference despite the hundreds of Thoroughbreds whose lives are at stake. #Racehorses #retirement #Aftercare #Rescue #slaughter www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/open-letter-...

yet another expensive but ineffective golden thing that the orange rapist wants to build #SciFi #GoldenDome #MissileDefense #Billionaires #military www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

How hummingbirds live at high altitudes #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #birds #ecology #physiology #evolution grrlscientist.medium.com/how-hummingb...

This Biological Battery Inspired By Electric Eels Could Soon Power Your Pacemaker #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #ElectricEel #fish🐠 #pacemaker #batteries🔋 grrlscientist.medium.com/this-biologi...

This is a 1932 oil painting titled "Room in Brooklyn" by the American realist painter Edward Hopper.

Controversial Gas Pipeline Across Navajo Nation To Begin The project is already five years in the making. Plans initially called for the pipeline to transport hydrogen but shifted last year to natural gas or a blend of the two. The change was made without consulting the Navajo Nation, rankling…

The Axelborg building in Copenhagen, Denmark

This Biological Battery Inspired By Electric Eels Could Soon Power Your Pacemaker #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #ElectricEel #fish🐠 #pacemaker #batteries🔋 grrlscientist.medium.com/this-biologi...

Scientists bring one of New Zealand's rarest plants back from the brink

America's gun psychopathy continues: *178* mass shootings so far in 2026. 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 4 people wounded, in Philadelphia, Pa.: 6abc.com/post/4-peopl...

I can’t believe this stupid ass is President. It’s humiliating

note to self: book

Much of the Scottish countryside is like wandering into a magical fairy realm. What a wonderful escape.

Dumb that it needs to be said, but I'm adding this line to the copyright page in all my books: This novel is the product of human imagination and craftsmanship.

Terrific Tuesday. This morning's sunrise in downtown Chicago.

Wassily Kandinsky (1927)

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.bsky.social #communication #behavior #Parrots🦜 #ornithology🦉 grrlscientist.medium.com/complex-comm...

Sensing Longitude Amongst Migratory Birds #SciComm by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #Longitude #Navigation #Migration #MagneticFields grrlscientist.medium.com/sensing-long...

Indigenous Communities Report Dramatic Loss of Large Bird Species Over 80 Years #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #IndigenousPeoples #Birds🦉 #BiodiversityLoss #Ecocide grrlscientist.medium.com/indigenous-c...

I've a PhD in evolutionary ecology. I study birds, live with a flock of parrots & write about all sorts of #science topics (links will pop up here). I comment on politics as well as philosophical topics, particularly #ecocide, #AnimalRights & #veganism I'm an avid reader who writes #BookReviews

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.bsky.social #cats🐈‍⬛ #EatingHabits #behavior grrlscientist.medium.com/why-cats-lea...

#SciComm🧪 #science #nature #BookReviews #writing #Medium grrlscientist.medium.com

Predictable evolution is bad news for toads, good news for their predators #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #evolution #poisons☠️ #phylogenetics #Australia🇦🇺 grrlscientist.medium.com/predictable-...

Did Seabird Guano Shape The Expansion Of Peru’s Pre-Inca Society? #SciComm by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #Seabirds #Society #fertilizer #Peru🇵🇪 grrlscientist.medium.com/did-seabird-...

Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners by Thomas D. Seeley #BookReview📖 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #honeybees #pollinators #BookSky📚💙 #Entomology grrlscientist.medium.com/piping-hot-b...

Einstein, Gifted Talking And Singing Grey Parrot, Dies At Age 38 "The world is a little bit darker and sadder after the death of this talented and beloved parrot" #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #parrots🦜 #Einstein #ZooKnoxville #Obituary grrlscientist.medium.com/einstein-gif...

Watch: How do Sensitive Plants Respond So Quickly To Being Poked? #SciComm by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #plants #PlantBehavior #ecology #physiology #botany grrlscientist.medium.com/watch-how-do...

Whale Earwax Records Its Lifetime Exposure To Ocean Pollutants #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #whales🐋 #pollution #Ocean🌊 #ecology grrlscientist.medium.com/whale-earwax...

How To Walk Without A Brain #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #SeaStar #biomechanics #robotics #Movement #Starfish #Biodiversity grrlscientist.medium.com/how-to-walk-...

Evolutionary Insights Into Longevity And Cognition Provided By Parrot Genomes #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #longevity #cognition #parrots🦜 #genomes grrlscientist.medium.com/evolutionary...

Climate Change Is A Ticking Time-Bomb For Great Tits #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #ornithology🦉 #ClimateChange #ecology #evolution grrlscientist.medium.com/climate-chan...

Native Deciduous Trees Support Urban and Woodland Birds Better Than Exotics #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #NativeTrees🌳 #ExoticTrees🌴 #ecology #insects🪰 grrlscientist.medium.com/native-decid...

How Can Overwintering Bumblebee Queens Survive Underwater? #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #Bumblebees🐝 #physiology #ecology #Diapause #metabolism grrlscientist.medium.com/how-can-over...

Clever Cockatoo Manufactures And Uses Tools #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #cognition #ToolUse #Cockatoos🦜 #ornithology🦉 grrlscientist.medium.com/clever-cocka...

Fun facts about Toucans

Storm at Sea #AIart #Midjourney8

Watch the stunning timelapse of the Pink Moon rising behind Seattle's iconic Space Needle, showcasing a breathtaking optical illusion of size and beauty.

if only FDR could see us now! #NaziAmeriKKKa #fascism #DeathCult #MAGA #Autocracy

Dive into the depths to uncover strange sea creatures like the transparent barrel fish and the quirky Dumbo octopus. Nature's wonders are truly out of this world.

sexual assault by males is driving suicide in this population of tortoises and possibly leading to extinction #RapeCulture #suicide #PopulationExtinction phys.org/news/2026-05...