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Zoey Davis @zoeydavis.bsky.social · 22h

SHOUT OUT MOFS FOR WINNING THE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY!!! MOFs have been my side hustle (lol) throughout my undergrad and I’m so happy to see them getting recognition. Huge day for MOF enthusiasts

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 6d

When you see a headline that makes a claim that sounds absolutely bananas & cites some “study”, don’t just believe it because the headline used one science word. Look at the source. Was it even peer reviewed? Where? What are experts in the field saying about it? If it sounds ridiculous it might be.

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Zoey Davis @zoeydavis.bsky.social · 7d

Also just a reminder for ppl who follow me here from Twitter, I post my science-adjacent things here and save all my sports themed shenanigans for my Twitter! (I’m @zoey_wav there!!)

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 7d

"The greatest danger to our future is apathy. ... What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Vale Jane Goodall (1934-2025).

Jane Goodall in a tall rainforest looking up into the canopy with binoculars in her hands.

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Zoey Davis @zoeydavis.bsky.social · 7d

Saw her with my mom right after I gave my first ever research talk at a conference outside my own university! Needless to say I was absolutely starstruck (from the nosebleeds of Place des Arts lol). Such a trailblazer for women in biology!!

Two ginger adjacent ladies (me and my mother) smiling in front of a back drop of a chimpanzee before a Jane Goodall talk

Ginger adjacent lady (me) holding hands with a statue of perhaps the founder of McGill’s MacDonald campus. He has a top hat

Zoey Davis @zoeydavis.bsky.social · 7d

Now seems like an appropriate time to say that the Jane Goodall talk I went to three years ago was hands down the best concert I’ve ever been to. What an absolute icon

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Zoey Davis @zoeydavis.bsky.social · May 21

Go charge go!!🌯⚡️

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · Mar 24

Polymorphism: my latest Birdword comic for Cornell Lab.
www.allaboutbirds.org/news/birdwor...

A three panel comic. In panel 1, there's a torn piece of paper with a definition: Polymorphism: noun. When one species contains two or more types of individuals (morphs) that differ by color or other physical characteristics unrelated to sex, age, locality, or season. In panel 2, there are red-tailed hawk morphs (calurus subspecies): light, dark, and intermediate. Note: these fall on a spectrum. In panel 3, there are red-tailed hawk morphs that I wish existed: blue-footed, red-winged, pileated (with a woodpecker head), bioluminescent, pocket-sized, vulturine (with a bare head) and resplendent (with green quetzal feathers and a very long tail).

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Zoey Davis @zoeydavis.bsky.social · Feb 8

I did a project on these little guys in grade 6 and have been obsessed with them ever since! So glad that conservation efforts are going well!

Ollie Wearn @olliewearn.bsky.social · Feb 8

In case you hadn’t heard: Conservation works! 📣

Meet the ‘takhi’ (Przewalksi’s horse), the last truly wild horses. The last individuals in the wild were seen in the Gobi desert in 1969. Only a coordinated captive breeding programme (from just 12 indivs) saved them from extinction.

Przewalksi’s horse (or takhi) in the snow in Hustai National Park, Mongolia. The horse is standing facing the camera but the head is turned to the right. The warm brown tones of the horse contrast with the white snowy scene.

Three Przewalksi’s horses walk together in a loose group. The horses are walking to the right of scene. Two have whitish bellies and brown backs, whilst the third larger individual is brown all over. All around is a snowy scene, only with golden grass tussocks poking out of the snow.

Two Przewalksi’s horses (or takhi) in the snow in Hustai National Park, Mongolia. One horse is dark brown and has its head up, whilst the other is sniffing and scraping among the snow for food. All around is a white snowy scene.

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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · Feb 5

Your interesting #ornithology read for today: Acoustic monitoring in Malaysia is showing how bird communities can be a useful indicator of healthy mangrove forests.

How to tell if mangrove restoration is working? Listen to the birds

The soundscape in mangrove forests can be wonderfully complex. If you prime your ears, you might chance to hear mudskippers sloshing their bellies across silky mud, or fiddler crabs pattering between…

news.mongabay.com

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Zoey Davis @zoeydavis.bsky.social · Feb 6

In recent Zoey lore, I’ve decided that 22 is the PERFECT age to learn to play hockey. Highly recommend starting a new sport and being absolutely abysmal at it. Most fun I’ve had in months!

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Zoey Davis @zoeydavis.bsky.social · Jan 5

Highlight of 2024 was seeing my first black crowned night heron in Montreal of all places and shrieking like I saw a celebrity ✨

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Zoey Davis @zoeydavis.bsky.social · Dec 9

I am Sisyphus and WHMIS training is my rock

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · Dec 4

We humbly interrupt your scroll to bring you the news that Wisdom—the world's oldest known wild bird—is breeding again, age 74.

Go on girl. 😍

A screenshot of a social media post from USFWSPacific that reads:

"SHE DID IT AGAIN!

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, is back with a new partner and just laid yet another egg.

At an approximate age of 74, the queen of seabirds returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge last week and began interacting with a male."

This tweet is paired with an image of two Laysan Albatrosses at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Wisdom, the oldest known wild bird, is shown alongside her new partner, demonstrating her enduring legacy as a remarkable seabird.

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Zoey Davis @zoeydavis.bsky.social · Nov 25

Challengers (2024)

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Zoey Davis @zoeydavis.bsky.social · Nov 18

Little song sparrow almost flew straight into me today. Guess I have to get those bird safe window decals for my glasses 🤧🤧

Zoey Davis @zoeydavis.bsky.social · Nov 18

I think Cornell’s birds of the world database should be open access all the time ✨😘

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Gabrielle Drolet @gabrielledrolet.bsky.social · Nov 14

hey guys here’s Godzilla in Montreal

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Zoey Davis @zoeydavis.bsky.social · Nov 13

Finally switching my (semi) serious science posting to here! (Will still be silly)
Anyway, put ur cats on leashes if you want to take them outside because it’s
1. Good for birds
2. V cute

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