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How Can Overwintering Bumblebee Queens Survive Underwater? "A lab accident serendipitously revealed that bumblebee queens can live underwater for up to a week." #SciComm by @GrrlScientist@mstdn.science#Bumblebees #physiology #ecology #Diapause #metabolism https://grrlscientist.medium.com/how-can-overwintering-bumblebee-queens-survive-underwater-3f868764c6bd

Climate Change Is A Ticking Time-Bomb For Great Tits "Birds that depend upon an abundance of particular food sources at specific times of the year may not be able to adapt fast enough to climate change" #SciComm by @GrrlScientist@mstdn.science#ornithology #ClimateChange #ecology #evolution https://grrlscientist.medium.com/climate-change-is-a-ticking-time-bomb-for-great-tits-9e5c092d4a02

if you have more kids, you’ll age faster and die younger Birds That Invest More Energy Into Parenthood Age Faster And Die Younger “Aging is an evolutionary balancing act with reproductive effort.” #SciComm by @GrrlScientist@mstdn.science#aging #reproduction #evolution #LifeHistoryTraits https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/04/22/birds-that-invest-more-energy-into-parenthood-age-faster-and-die-younger/

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

#art #plants #botany #science #books #BookReview https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/chasing-plants-journeys-with-a-botanist-622

Whale Earwax Records Its Lifetime Exposure To Ocean Pollutants "Scientists have developed a new method for learning all sorts of interesting things about whales by studying their earwax." #SciComm by @GrrlScientist@mstdn.science#whales #pollution #Ocean #ecology https://grrlscientist.medium.com/whale-earwax-records-its-lifetime-exposure-to-ocean-pollutants-5216ba46d430