How Do Periodical Cicadas Know When To Emerge?

"How do 17-year cicadas, which live underground as nymphs, track the passage of time so they all emerge synchronously as adults?"

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#Cicadas #Magicada #entomology #GeneExpression #LifeHistory #Seasons https://grrlscientist.medium.com/how-do-periodical-cicadas-know-when-to-emerge-ddba6c16e21a

How Do Periodical Cicadas Know When To Emerge?

"How do 17-year cicadas, which live underground as nymphs, track the passage of time so they all emerge synchronously as adults?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#Cicadas #Magicada #entomology #GeneExpression #LifeHistory #Seasons https://grrlscientist.medium.com/how-do-periodical-cicadas-know-when-to-emerge-ddba6c16e21a

How Do Periodical Cicadas Know When To Emerge?

"How do 17-year cicadas, which live underground as nymphs, track the passage of time so they all emerge synchronously as adults?"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#Cicadas #Magicada #entomology #GeneExpression #LifeHistory #Seasons https://grrlscientist.medium.com/how-do-periodical-cicadas-know-when-to-emerge-ddba6c16e21a

The Kremlin’s “Besogon”: How Nikita Mikhalkov Turned into a Propagandist

https://peertube.eqver.se/w/3zaHgnXhjvose92njxU5D2

Кожна родина — це ...
Альфонс де Ламартін

Chaque famille est ...
Alphonse de Lamartine
https://buymeacoffee.com/valdeloir/xanivivici

#родина #історіяжиття #память #поезія #людськідолі
#family #lifehistory #memory #poetry #humanstories

How Do Periodical Cicadas Know When To Emerge?

"How do 17-year cicadas, which live underground as nymphs, track the passage of time so they all emerge synchronously as adults?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#evolution #LifeHistory #PeriodicalCicadas #entomology #ecology https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/11/30/how-do-periodical-cicadas-know-when-to-emerge/

How Do Periodical Cicadas Know When To Emerge?

"How do 17-year cicadas, which live underground as nymphs, track the passage of time so they all emerge synchronously as adults?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#evolution #LifeHistory #PeriodicalCicadas #entomology #ecology https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/11/30/how-do-periodical-cicadas-know-when-to-emerge/

How Do Periodical Cicadas Know When To Emerge?

"How do 17-year cicadas, which live underground as nymphs, track the passage of time so they all emerge synchronously as adults?"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#evolution #LifeHistory #PeriodicalCicadas #entomology #ecology https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/11/30/how-do-periodical-cicadas-know-when-to-emerge/

In my new YouTube #video, I tell the #hypothetical story of a #Histiostomatidae #mite that lived its #lifehistory in the #dung heap of the #dinosaur #Edmontosaurus #annectens during the Late #Cretaceous. It developed #fungivorously within the dung and, when conditions deteriorated, was #transported by #flies to a new habitat (phoresis). All images and footage created with #AI assistance, except photos of free-living mites.
© #StefanFWirth 2025

Video
https://youtu.be/gzv-TZmU5G4?si=zrTLfrC96k3KEGqr

Pics
© S.F. Wirth

Why do songbirds sing in autumn?

Many songbirds sing in the autumn. If these birds aren’t breeding in the autumn, then why are they singing?

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#birds #birdsong🎶 #Hormones #LifeHistory #Behavior #ornithology https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/why-do-songbirds-sing-in-autumn

Why do songbirds sing in autumn?

Many songbirds sing in the autumn. If these birds aren’t breeding in the autumn, then why are they singing?

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#birds #birdsong🎶 #Hormones #LifeHistory #Behavior #ornithology https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/why-do-songbirds-sing-in-autumn

Homo species growth rates/patterns pre and post natal, relating #tooth size, #body size and #brain size. 'Hobbits' -- #Hfloresiensis -- definitely on a slow-down after birth

#Homo #fossils #evolution #lifehistory #anthropology

https://theconversation.com/hobbits-of-flores-evolved-to-be-small-by-slowing-down-growth-during-childhood-new-research-on-teeth-and-brain-size-suggests-261257?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton

I ran across this picture of the most important person in my life and keep feeling all the feelings over it. We were 18, and she was helping me out with a class project, glamming herself up in a way that she didn't ordinarily do then to pose for this picture (the purpose of which I've forgotten).

All I can see is: we were so young, and she is so beautiful. And still is, an awful lot of years later.

#memories #LifeHistory #PersonalHistory #photography

Pink Flamingos Reveal Their Secret To Aging | study out of Tour du Valat, published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

"Migration has critical impacts on life trajectories by shaping mortality and reproductive outcomes. These findings are important for our knowledge on the biology of aging."

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#birds #Ornithology #migration #LifeHistory #aging #behavior #ecology https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/09/02/pink-flamingos-reveal-their-secret-to-aging/

Pink Flamingos Reveal Their Secret To Aging | study out of Tour du Valat, published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

"Migration has critical impacts on life trajectories by shaping mortality and reproductive outcomes. These findings are important for our knowledge on the biology of aging."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#birds #Ornithology #migration #LifeHistory #aging #behavior #ecology https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/09/02/pink-flamingos-reveal-their-secret-to-aging/

Pink Flamingos Reveal Their Secret To Aging | study out of
Tour du Valat, published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

"Migration has critical impacts on life trajectories by shaping mortality and reproductive outcomes. These findings are important for our knowledge on the biology of aging."

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#birds #Ornithology #migration #LifeHistory #aging #behavior #ecology https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/09/02/pink-flamingos-reveal-their-secret-to-aging/

These Hummingbirds Live In Colonies In Ecuador’s Andes, Surprising Scientists

"The first hummingbird species to presumably nest and roost in colonies has been discovered in the high Andes of Ecuador."

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#hummingbirds #ornithology #LifeHistory #behavior #ecology #evolution #Ecuador #Andes https://medium.com/grrlscientist/these-hummingbirds-live-in-colonies-in-ecuadors-andes-surprising-scientists-ae753fd2d143

These Hummingbirds Live In Colonies In Ecuador’s Andes, Surprising Scientists

"The first hummingbird species to presumably nest and roost in colonies has been discovered in the high Andes of Ecuador."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#hummingbirds #ornithology #LifeHistory #behavior #ecology #evolution #Ecuador #Andes https://medium.com/grrlscientist/these-hummingbirds-live-in-colonies-in-ecuadors-andes-surprising-scientists-ae753fd2d143

These Hummingbirds Live In Colonies In Ecuador’s Andes, Surprising Scientists

"The first hummingbird species to presumably nest and roost in colonies has been discovered in the high Andes of Ecuador."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#hummingbirds #ornithology #LifeHistory #behavior #ecology #evolution #Ecuador #Andes https://medium.com/grrlscientist/these-hummingbirds-live-in-colonies-in-ecuadors-andes-surprising-scientists-ae753fd2d143

These Hummingbirds Live In Colonies In Ecuador’s Andes, Surprising Scientists

"The first hummingbird species to presumably nest and roost in colonies has been discovered in the high Andes of Ecuador."

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#hummingbirds #ornithology #LifeHistory #behavior #ecology #evolution #Ecuador #Andes https://medium.com/grrlscientist/these-hummingbirds-live-in-colonies-in-ecuadors-andes-surprising-scientists-ae753fd2d143