Critter News

MARCH 21, 2009

I strongly support conservation organizations that work with and support surrounding human communities. the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund "Coins for Congo" program. These guys are a great group and I've been a member for several years. Tags: virunga poverty economic development congo gorillas. They are also the most logical.

Congo 100

Congo Gorillas Protection Groups 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Many of the great debates over human behavior, those related to things such as race or gender, are muddled and messy because plasticity is ignored. Plasticity in humans is probably modulated primarily through experience and enculturation. Presumably the humans keep away the predators.

Birds 134

Birds Research Humane Pets 134

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

If there are human fishing activities then all the better – Marabous will gather in numbers around fishermen’s docks and fish markets, in fact anywhere where fish are cleaned and scraps disposed of, allowing these intelligent birds to obtain a free meal. It is also related to Wood Stork of the Americas and Milky Stork of Asia.

Africa 248

Africa Tanzania South Africa Uganda 248

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

He collected in … the Belgian Congo, where he died of hemorrhagic fever at Bangala … According to his obituary in The Times (8 November 1890), he witnessed a cannibal banquet in the Upper Congo and was accused by Stanley of instigating it.”

Elephants 147

Elephants Birds Congo Africa 147

10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2015

This time it is the Old World that has misnamed a group of birds, or in fact several groups. As noted in their entry the Handbook of the Birds of the World, they are unusual in their close association with palms (hence the name) and in building mud nests (in palms or human buildings). Bringing food to the young.

Mozambique 174

Mozambique Zambia Zimbabwe Namibia 174

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Birding here is a joy, further augmented by the world’s most intact mammalian megafuana, fascinating tribal cultures, breath-taking scenery and the cradle of human history. Vangas, asities, mesites, Malagasy warblers, ground-rollers and cuckoo-roller are all mouth-watering groups with very special members.

Papua New Guinea 239

Papua New Guinea Madagascar Africa Equatorial Guinea 239

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2012

Barbets are a group of medium sized, chunky, generally colorful, frugivorous, hole-nesting near-passerines, that are popular targets for anyone birding in the tropics. The four Gymnobucco species are Africa’s least observed group of barbets as they are restricted to the less visited tropics of central and west Africa.

Ethiopia 246

Ethiopia Tanzania Africa Uganda 246