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Submission + - These Lizards Have Been Playing An Evolutionary Game Of Rock-Paper-Scissors For (forbes.com)

Submitted by grrlscientist on Friday June 17, 2016 @02:09AM

grrlscientist writes: Long before humans were a thing, some lizard species were finding mates using the guidelines of the human hand game, rock-paper-scissors

Submission + - Would A Parrot Be A Reliable Murder Witness? (forbes.com)

Submitted by grrlscientist on Thursday June 09, 2016 @01:25PM

grrlscientist writes: A viral video of a pet parrot that supposedly is repeating the last words of its murdered owner has triggered a lot of speculation about whether a parrot could be a reliable murder witness

Submission + - Did Humans Domesticate Dogs Twice? (forbes.com)

Submitted by grrlscientist on Thursday June 09, 2016 @05:59AM

grrlscientist writes: Ancient dog and wolf DNA reveals wolves were domesticated twice, once in Asia and once in Europe, but because a small subset of dogs from Asia migrated through and replaced Eurasian dogs, nearly all modern dogs can trace their ancestry back to Asia

Submission + - Can An Old Parrot Learn New Tricks? (forbes.com)

Submitted by grrlscientist on Thursday June 02, 2016 @07:09AM

grrlscientist writes: Juvenile parrots have greater behavioral flexibility than adults, a trait that makes them better problem-solvers, and helps them discover efficient foraging strategies, according to research published recently

Submission + - How Birds Became Red (forbes.com)

Submitted by grrlscientist on Friday May 20, 2016 @12:04PM

grrlscientist writes: Two teams of researchers have independently identified a gene-encoded enzyme that converts yellow pigments obtained from the diet into red pigments, which birds then use to color their feathers, bills and bare skin.

Submission + - Sir David Attenborough Finally Meets His Dragonfly (forbes.com)

Submitted by grrlscientist on Friday May 13, 2016 @11:31AM

grrlscientist writes: BBC broadcaster David Attenborough has devoted his entire life to enlightening the public about nature, so recently, a dragonfly expert honored Sir David on his 90th birthday by naming a new species of his favorite insect for him.

Submission + - Does Culling Actually Encourage Poaching Of Endangered Species? (forbes.com)

Submitted by grrlscientist on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @04:09PM

grrlscientist writes: Conventional wisdom claims that culling is an effective tool for the conservation of endangered predators. But a newly-published study argues that culling may actually encourage poaching of endangered predator species.

Submission + - What Fat Dogs Teach Us About Human Obesity (forbes.com)

Submitted by grrlscientist on Thursday May 05, 2016 @12:50PM

grrlscientist writes: The Labrador retriever, a popular dog breed known as a natural glutton, carries a gene mutation that hard-wires it to overeat, according to new research. But their food obsession also makes them good assistance dogs.

Submission + - These Birds Learn Their Mother's Calls Before They Hatch (forbes.com)

Submitted by grrlscientist on Thursday April 28, 2016 @04:40AM

grrlscientist writes: A recently-published study reveals that nestlings of Australia’s Red-backed Fairy-wrens learn their mother’s calls before they hatch. These calls are a “vocal password” that the parents rely upon to identify their chicks. Thus, parent birds invest more effort into raising nestlings whose calls are most similar to their own.

Submission + - Acoustic Scarecrows: A Humane, Non-Lethal Way To Reduce Bird Strikes? (forbes.com)

Submitted by grrlscientist on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @02:46AM

grrlscientist writes: This newsstory discusses an innovative technology that uses a non-lethal method to convince birds and wildlife to stay away from airports, and other places where they're not wanted. This "acoustic scarecrow" thereby reduces the risk of a bird or wildlife strike, with an annual savings of millions of dollars, and hundreds of human lives.

Submission + - Are There More Free-Living Mexican Parrots In US Cities Than In All Of Mexico? (forbes.com)

Submitted by grrlscientist on Thursday April 07, 2016 @04:39PM

grrlscientist writes: Free-living Mexican red-crowned parrots have been adapting so well to urban life in California and Texas that their population numbers may rival those in their native Mexico, says a team of US researchers. This has important implications for conservation.

Submission + - New Scientific Journal -- The Journal of Procrastination -- Will Finally Launch (forbes.com)

Submitted by grrlscientist on Friday April 01, 2016 @03:24PM

grrlscientist writes: Postponed for years, finally the long awaited "Journal of Procrastination" will be launched! Maybe.

Submission + - The birds have spoken: Birdies For Bernie! (forbes.com)

Submitted by grrlscientist on Saturday March 26, 2016 @11:31AM

grrlscientist writes: Yesterday evening, US Presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, who is a state senator in Vermont, was hosting a rally in the Moda Center in Portland Oregon. Whilst Senator Sanders spoke about education, a small songbird flew onto the stage, and then onto his podium, seemingly for a closer look.

Submission + - What Is Coral Bleaching, And Why Is It On The Rise? (forbes.com)

Submitted by grrlscientist on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @03:58AM

grrlscientist writes: Every day, we hear about coral bleaching, but exactly what it is is not discussed, nor is it explained why coral bleaching is increasing around the world. This piece is a basic primer that addresses these issues, providing the reader with accessible, essential information so he or she can better understand the basic biology of corals and how that is impacted by global warming.

Comment Re:my submission was plagiarised. (Score 1) 123

by grrlscientist on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @03:56AM (#51565163) Attached to: The Heat Is On: Climate Change Causes Birds To Hatch Early

as community members, we have the responsibility to make sure that the powers-that-be act in accordance to the guidelines they set forward. they should not be allowed to act in a random way, nor to act unethically, nor to act against their own stated policies. so first, because slashdot accepts forbes submissions in other topics the board, even within the week, why did they randomly decide to not accept this particular one? and further, why did they decide to sneakily substitute a different URL -- thereby plagiarising my name, and my words, and erroneously implying that i endorsed that inferior submission, instead of creating a new submission of their own? why did they sneak in to the database yesterday and silently change their substituted URL to the forbes "welcome" page when that was NOT the URL i submitted, either? why not change the database BACK to the actual URL that i submitted and apologise for their misbehaviour, especially since i added the expunged URL to an upthread comment where it was easily seen? oh, and don't forget, but the editors should tell me, SHOULD TELL US ALL, publicly, why did they delete my message that i posted here, in this very thread, yesterday? as slashdot states at the beginning of each story's comments: "The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way." that statement implies that the editors will neither edit nor delete any comments, yet they CLEARLY DO -- when the comments displease them by, say, calling them out for their lack of transparency and for their misbehaviour. and, as a community member who would like to be part of a reputable site, why am i supposed to "shut up" -- as one commenter told me to do upthread -- when i notice these egregious discrepancies, when i have done absolutely nothing wrong by commenting publicly upon them? oh, and one last thing -- this is just for the editors at slashdot: i've taken a screenshot of this comment and will happily repost it if you decide to sneakily delete it as you did with yesterday's comment.

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