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Some of the tiniest beings on the planet gather together to create glowing assemblages that are so bright and so large that they can be seen from space © by GrrlScientist for Forbes | Twitter | Newsletter Sailors and other seafarers have long been known as the source of both…

The 1942 animated film “Bambi” was a childrens’ cinematic classic, but the original novel upon which the film was based, now retranslated and republished, tells a bleak and compelling adult story that can be interpreted in many ways © by GrrlScientist for Forbes | Twitter | Newsletter “ I noted…

Exposure to extremely hot and dry conditions damages the DNA of nestling birds during their first few days of life, so they age faster, die younger and produce fewer offspring © by GrrlScientist for Forbes | Twitter | Newsletter I recently shared the disturbing story about how some desert birds…

A newly published study found that the range of colors in the plumages of hummingbirds exceeds the total color diversity of all other bird species combined © by GrrlScientist for Forbes | Twitter | Newsletter I’ve written about bird colors before (more here, here, here, here and here.) And, as…

Babbling is common in a wild population of parrotlets in Venezuela and closely resembles babbling in human infants, which is an early stage of the vocal language learning process © by GrrlScientist for Forbes | Twitter | Newsletter Before learning to speak, human babies go through a vocal stage known…

The Spix’s little blue macaw — extinct in the wild for 22 years — now flies free again in its natural habitat in Brazil, thanks to decades of research and effort by hundreds of scientists, conservation biologists, veterinarians, aviculturists and indigenous peoples © by GrrlScientist for Forbes | Twitter |…

According to a recently published study, if extreme temperatures continue, the southern yellow-billed hornbill will become extinct in the hottest parts of its range by 2027 © by GrrlScientist for Forbes | Twitter | Newsletter As climate change intensifies, it is driving ever more extreme temperatures and longer, more frequent…

Parrots are unique because they use their beak and legs when climbing, which makes them the only animal with three functional limbs © by GrrlScientist for Forbes | Twitter | Newsletter Humans have had an extraordinarily long fascination with the triskelion motif, whose name is derived from the Greek and…