Claire Nemes @cenemes.bsky.social

🐦Do some birds have #PrettyPrivilege? New paper! 💫We show that ~half the variation in research effort on 293 bird species in US+Canada is explained by just 3 factors: 1)visual appeal, 2)range size, & 3)# of universities w/in ranges. Here’s what we did: 🧵royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Don’t miss this powerful piece by @Chem_Diva, Monica McLemore, @PaperWhispers and @curly_scientist “They acknowledged anti-Black racism for a day, posted black squares on their social media, then rowed back on their pledges substantially over the years that followed.”