Talk:Patty Brennan

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Meeting notability criteria[edit]

Below is a list of news articles (sorted by topic then by publication date) on Brennan's work to illustrate notability; the list is adapted from her "Press Coverage" page.

Basic science[edit]

  • Reeve, Elspeth (2013-04-02). "Why the GOP Should Embrace Federally Funded Studies of Duck Penises". The Atlantic.[1]
  • Fahrenthold, David A. (2013-04-08). "Private parts and public funding: A researcher champions oddball science". The Washington Post.[2]
  • Halpern, Michael (2013-12-27). "The Science Behind the Grants on Senator Coburn's Hit List: The Waste that Wasn't - The Equation". Union of Concerned Scientists.[3]
  • Johnson, Carolyn Y. (March 3, 2014). "Researcher comes to defense of science, curiosity". The Boston Globe.[4]
  • King, Barbara J. (2014-07-10). "Ducks Do It Differently, And Science Wants You To Know About It" NPR.[5]
  • Brown, Karen (2017-04-20). "New England Scientists Enter Political Fray To Defend Odd-Sounding Science". New England Public Media.[6]

Duck genitalia[edit]

  • Yale University (2007-05-01). "'War Between The Sexes': The Coevolution Of Genitalia In Waterfowl". ScienceDaily.[7]
  • Zimmer, Carl (2007-05-01). "In Ducks, War of the Sexes Plays Out in the Evolution of Genitalia". The New York Times.[8]
  • "Clash of the Duck Genitalia". Scientific American. 2007-05-02.[9]
  • Williams, Liz (2007-05-03). "Duck genitals locked in arms race". Cosmos.[10]
  • Zimmer, Carl (2009-12-22). "Kinkiness Beyond Kinky". Discover.[11]
  • Sample, Ian (2009-12-22). "Video reveals twists and turns of genital warfare in ducks". The Guardian.[12]
  • Milius, Susan (2009-12-23). "Sexual conflict takes shape in ducks". Science News.[13]
  • Bryner, Jeanna (2009-12-23). "How One Odd Duck Says 'No' to Sex". Live Science[14]
  • "What Males Will Do" PBS, 2012-03-14.[15]
  • Zimmer, Carl (2013-06-06). "The Sex Life of Birds, and Why It's Important". The New York Times.[16]
  • Barras, Colin (2014-09-08). "The Twisted World of Sexual Organs". BBC.[17]
  • Yong, Ed (2017-05-08). "How Beauty Evolves". The Atlantic.[18]
  • Prum, Richard O. (2017-05-17). "Duck Sex and the Patriarchy". The New Yorker.[19]
  • Goodman, Jason G. (2017-09-19). "Duck Penises Grow Bigger Among Rivals". National Geographic.[20]
  • Hathaway, Bill (2017-09-20). "In male ducks, social competition spurs changes in genitalia". Yale News.[21]
  • Baako, Ann (2018-02-25). "Patricia Brennan wants you to consider the duck penis". Mount Holyoke News.[22]
  • Cole, Samantha (2018-09-11). "Take a Rollercoaster Ride Through a Duck's Vagina in Virtual Reality". Vice News.[23]
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2019-10-06). "One Child Policy: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)". YouTube.[24]
  • Rigby, Sara (2022-04-25). "How the battle of the sexes left the duck with an awkwardly long, corkscrew-shaped penis". BBC Science Focus.[25]

Vaginas and clitorises[edit]

  • Yong, Ed (2014-05-06). "Where's All The Animal Vagina Research?". National Geographic.[26]
  • Milius, Susan (2016-01-15). "Search is on for missing pieces in puzzle of male genital diversity". Science News.[27]

Dolphins[edit]

  • Pappas, Stephanie (2017-04-25). "How Dolphins Do It in Water…with Weird, Complex Genitalia". Live Science.[28]
  • Brulliard, Karin (2017-05-02). "Dolphin sex is literally kinky". The Washington Post.[29]
  • "New insights on the form and function of the dolphin clitoris". Eurekalert. 2019-04-06.[30]
  • Imbler, Sabrina (2022-01-10). "Uncovering Mysteries of Female Dolphin Sexual Anatomy". The New York Times.[31]
  • Hamzelou, Jessica (2022-01-10). "What dolphins reveal about the evolution of the clitoris". New Scientist.[32]
  • "Dolphin females have working clitoris, anatomical evidence suggests". Eurekalert. 2022-01-10.[33]
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2022-01-12). "Meanwhile... The Dolphin Clitoris Exists | We Love Watching Our Own Faces On Video Calls". YouTube.[34]

Snakes[edit]

  • Wu, Katherine J. (2022-12-14). "Surprise! Snakes Have Clitorises". The Atlantic.[35]
  • Fox, Alex (2022-12-14). "Scientists Overlooked the Snake Clitoris, Until Now". The New York Times.[36]
  • Osborne, Margaret (2022-12-14). "Scientists Discover That Snakes Have Clitorises". Smithsonian Magazine.[37]
  • Goodyear, Sheena (2022-12-15). "Snakes have clitorises, and scientists finally found them". CBC News.[38]

Penises[edit]

  • Yong, Ed (2018-04-11). "When a Bigger Penis Means Swifter Extinction". The Atlantic.[39]

Ratites[edit]

  • Greenwood, Veronique (2019-09-06). "Finally! The Ostrich Penis Provides the Answer to a Long-Standing Question". Discover Magazine.[40]
  • Marcus, Adam (2011-12-08). "Ostrich penis clears up evolutionary mystery". Nature News.[41]
  • Davies, Ella (2011-12-12). "BBC Nature - Bloodless erections for big birds, say researchers". BBC.[42]

Other[edit]

  • Marshall, Michael (2010-07-14). "Zoologger: Eggs with an 'eat me' sign". New Scientist.[43]


  1. ^ Reeve, Elspeth (2013-04-02). "Why the GOP Should Embrace Federally Funded Studies of Duck Penises". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28.
  2. ^ Fahrenthold, David A. (2013-04-08). "Private parts and public funding: A researcher champions oddball science". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 2013-04-28.
  3. ^ Halpern, Michael (2013-12-27). "The Science Behind the Grants on Senator Coburn's Hit List: The Waste that Wasn't - The Equation". blog.ucsusa.org. Archived from the original on 2013-12-27.
  4. ^ Johnson, Carolyn Y. (March 3, 2014). "Researcher comes to defense of science, curiosity". The Boston Globe.
  5. ^ King, Barbara J. (2014-07-10). "Ducks Do It Differently, And Science Wants You To Know About It". NPR. Archived from the original on 2015-05-22.
  6. ^ Brown, Karen (2017-04-20). "New England Scientists Enter Political Fray To Defend Odd-Sounding Science". New England Public Media. Archived from the original on 2022-08-11.
  7. ^ Yale University (2007-05-01). "'War Between The Sexes': The Coevolution Of Genitalia In Waterfowl". ScienceDaily. Archived from the original on 2007-05-23.
  8. ^ Zimmer, Carl (2007-05-01). "In Ducks, War of the Sexes Plays Out in the Evolution of Genitalia". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06.
  9. ^ "Clash of the Duck Genitalia". Scientific American. 2007-05-02. Archived from the original on 2021-12-02.
  10. ^ Williams, Liz (2007-05-03). "Duck genitals locked in arms race". Cosmos. Archived from the original on 2013-07-21.
  11. ^ Zimmer, Carl (2009-12-22). "Kinkiness Beyond Kinky". Discover. Archived from the original on 2020-06-19.
  12. ^ Sample, Ian (2009-12-22). "Video reveals twists and turns of genital warfare in ducks". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2013-09-08.
  13. ^ Milius, Susan (2009-12-23). "Sexual conflict takes shape in ducks". Science News. Archived from the original on 2022-12-28.
  14. ^ Bryner, Jeanna (2009-12-23). "How One Odd Duck Says 'No' to Sex". Live Science. Archived from the original on 2012-07-03.
  15. ^ "What Males Will Do". PBS. 2012-03-14. Archived from the original on 2014-12-05.
  16. ^ Zimmer, Carl (2013-06-06). "The Sex Life of Birds, and Why It's Important". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2013-06-06.
  17. ^ Barras, Colin (2014-09-08). "The Twisted World of Sexual Organs". BBC. Archived from the original on 2014-09-19.
  18. ^ Yong, Ed (2017-05-08). "How Beauty Evolves". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06.
  19. ^ Prum, Richard O. (2017-05-17). "Duck Sex and the Patriarchy". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 2019-09-15.
  20. ^ Goodman, Jason G. (2017-09-19). "Duck Penises Grow Bigger Among Rivals". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 2021-02-26.
  21. ^ Hathaway, Bill (2017-09-20). "In male ducks, social competition spurs changes in genitalia". Yale News. Archived from the original on 2020-03-14.
  22. ^ Baako, Ann (2018-02-25). "Patricia Brennan wants you to consider the duck penis". Mount Holyoke News. Archived from the original on 2018-02-27.
  23. ^ Cole, Samantha (2018-09-11). "Take a Rollercoaster Ride Through a Duck's Vagina in Virtual Reality". Vice News. Archived from the original on 2022-12-07.
  24. ^ Last Week Tonight (2019-10-06). "One Child Policy: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)". YouTube.
  25. ^ Rigby, Sara (2022-04-25). "How the battle of the sexes left the duck with an awkwardly long, corkscrew-shaped penis". BBC Science Focus. Archived from the original on 2022-10-31.
  26. ^ Yong, Ed (2014-05-06). "Where's All The Animal Vagina Research?". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 2022-06-05.
  27. ^ Milius, Susan (2016-01-15). "Search is on for missing pieces in puzzle of male genital diversity". Science News. Archived from the original on 2022-12-05.
  28. ^ Pappas, Stephanie (2017-04-25). "How Dolphins Do It in Water…with Weird, Complex Genitalia". Live Science. Archived from the original on 2022-12-25.
  29. ^ Brulliard, Karin (2017-05-02). "Dolphin sex is literally kinky". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2017-05-02.
  30. ^ "New insights on the form and function of the dolphin clitoris". EurekAlert!. 2019-04-06. Archived from the original on 2022-07-01.
  31. ^ Imbler, Sabrina (2022-01-10). "Uncovering Mysteries of Female Dolphin Sexual Anatomy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2022-08-21.
  32. ^ Hamzelou, Jessica (2022-01-10). "What dolphins reveal about the evolution of the clitoris". New Scientist. Archived from the original on 2022-11-20.
  33. ^ "Dolphin females have working clitoris, anatomical evidence suggests". EurekAlert!. 2022-01-10. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11.
  34. ^ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2022-01-12). "Meanwhile... The Dolphin Clitoris Exists | We Love Watching Our Own Faces On Video Calls". YouTube.
  35. ^ Wu, Katherine J. (2022-12-14). "Surprise! Snakes Have Clitorises". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 2022-12-14.
  36. ^ Fox, Alex (2022-12-14). "Scientists Overlooked the Snake Clitoris, Until Now". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2022-12-14.
  37. ^ Osborne, Margaret (2022-12-14). "Scientists Discover That Snakes Have Clitorises". Smithsonian Magazine. Archived from the original on 2022-12-14.
  38. ^ Goodyear, Sheena (2022-12-15). "Snakes have clitorises, and scientists finally found them". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2022-12-16.
  39. ^ Yong, Ed (2018-04-11). "When a Bigger Penis Means Swifter Extinction". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 2022-12-05.
  40. ^ Greenwood, Veronique (2019-09-06). "Finally! The Ostrich Penis Provides the Answer to a Long-Standing Question". Discover Magazine. Archived from the original on 2019-09-06.
  41. ^ Marcus, Adam (2011-12-08). "Ostrich penis clears up evolutionary mystery". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2011.9600. ISSN 1476-4687. Archived from the original on 2022-11-24.
  42. ^ Davies, Ella (2011-12-12). "BBC Nature - Bloodless erections for big birds, say researchers". BBC. Archived from the original on 2011-12-12.
  43. ^ Marshall, Michael (2010-07-14). "Zoologger: Eggs with an 'eat me' sign". New Scientist. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24.

FelisObscura (talk) 15:08, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]