Claudia Steiner

Snapping shrimp use headgear to protect their brains from shock waves Unusual “hood” is the first known biological armor that protects against traumatic brain injury

What do Seahawks QB Sam Darnold and a snapping shrimp have in common? They both protect their brains from injury with headgear (though only 1 of them is up against a supersonic shockwave).

My latest for @science.org: www.science.org/content/arti....

Thanks as always @michaelgreshko.bsky.social :-)

The death of Kanzi, the language-trained bonobo, was a tremendous loss for science. But before his passing last march, he left the field of comparative cognition with a parting gift . . .

Read my latest for @science.org to learn more: lnkd.in/gaG9eg4A.

Thanks to @michaelgreshko.bsky.social!

Scientists are learning how noise affects Bay Area wildlife as they work to conserve wetland birds amid a roaring urban soundscape The Bay Area is a permanent or temporary home for 250 different species of resident and migratory birds. Noise can affect their stress response, interfere with their ability to listen for predators…

6/ @claudiasteiner.bsky.social on how skittish wetland birds are affected by transportation noise in the South Bay
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Urban dandelions have evolved to stay close to home. That’s bad news Small seed “parachutes” may be causing inbreeding

Dandelions living in downtown areas of Japan have adapted to life in the big city—perhaps a bit too much.

Urban seeds have evolved to float shorter distances than rural ones, potentially leading to inbreeding problems that could threaten these metropolitan populations. https://scim.ag/49mV964

Plants cope with stress by touching each other Behavior could help them respond to environmental challenges

Certain types of physical touch among plants allows them to better withstand stress, finds a new report. https://scim.ag/45dMP6c

Hulking kangaroo ancestors could hop just like their nimble descendants Fossils reveal these ancient footbones were robust enough to withstand the impacts of leaping locomotion

Giant ancestors of modern kangaroos and wallabies could have hopped like their modern counterparts, an analysis of their fossilized bones reveals, despite some weighing up to 250 kilograms—about as much as a baby grand piano. https://scim.ag/3LVHo5j

Scientists are learning how noise affects Bay Area wildlife as they work to conserve wetland birds amid a roaring urban soundscape The Bay Area is a permanent or temporary home for 250 different species of resident and migratory birds. Noise can affect their stress response, interfere with their ability to listen for predators…

Scientists are learning how noise affects Bay Area wildlife as they work to conserve wetland birds amid a roaring urban soundscape—The Bay Area is a permanent or temporary home for 250 different species of resident and… www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/27/h... @claudiasteiner.bsky.social @mercurynews.com

Scientists are learning how noise affects Bay Area wildlife as they work to conserve wetland birds amid a roaring urban soundscape The Bay Area is a permanent or temporary home for 250 different species of resident and migratory birds. Noise can affect their stress response, interfere with their ability to listen for predators…

LATEST in @mercurynews.com from our news features classes @ucscscicomm.bsky.social:
@claudiasteiner.bsky.social on urban noise and wetland birds in the South Bay
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Crystal Clusters Contain Clues to Magma’s Past and Future Eruptions - Eos Eos

Crystal clusters reveal a volcano’s past and could even help forecast future eruptions. 🧪🌋

Research from Pavel Izbekov of the Alaska Volcano Observatory presented at #AGU25. Comments by Hannah Shamloo, story by @claudiasteiner.bsky.social.

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