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Gennaro Tomma

@gennarotomma.bsky.social

Freelance journalist covering science (He/him) Words in Scientific American, National Geographic, Science, The New York Times, BBC and others. See more at: https://gennarotomma.it/

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Gennaro Tomma@gennarotomma.bsky.social · 2w ago

I wrote a story for @audubon.org's Magazine on woodcock mothers defending their nest from... deer. (Yes, you read that right.) Take a look at it to see some of these David vs. Goliath-like interactions! www.audubon.org/magazine/rar...

Rare Footage Shows Woodcock Hens Fending Off an Unlikely Nest Intruder: Deer

White-tailed deer are known to opportunistically eat bird eggs and possibly even chicks—but camera traps in West Virginia showed some female birds are surprisingly fearless in fending them off.

audubon.org

Jude Isabella@judeisabella.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Fascinating story about wolves and dogs in Italy rubbing shoulders, and other bits. From @gennarotomma.bsky.social, we learn that a wolf will look for a "good enough" partner sometimes and there are potential ecological ramifications: www.biographic.com/nearly-half-...

Nearly Half of Italy’s Wolves Are Part Dog Now. Is That a Problem? - bioGraphic

Wolf-dog hybrids are taking over Italy, raising scientists’ concerns for the future of the country’s wolves.

biographic.com

Andrea Thompson@andreatweather.bsky.social · last yr.

To figure out the tributaries and other spots where Yangtze finless porpoises formerly lived, researchers turned to ancient poetry (by @gennarotomma.bsky.social) 🧪 (Look at that cute faaaaace.)

Ancient Poems Reveal the History of the Endangered Yangtze Porpoise

Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information about the habitat of the world’s only freshwater porpoise

scientificamerican.com