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DeMuth Agrees to Plea Bargain

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From the Science Insider. DeMuth was arrested and charged in November 2009 after refusing to cooperate with a grand jury investigating the Iowa break-in. DeMuth was originally charged in connection with a 2004 lab break-in at the University of Iowa that caused more than $400,000 in damage. (The

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

10,000 Birds

Read Tim’s account and enjoy his (and the Tambopata Macaw Project’s Alan Lee’s) photos judge for yourself… (NOTE: we first published this post in January 2009 but have to run it again because it is so good!) Is this one of the ornithological highlights on the planet? Licking Clay’ Text and Photographs copyright T.

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

He roots the theft in the history of collecting bird skins, in the brief life history of Edwin Rist, in the secretive world of classic fly tying, and in his own efforts to follow up on a police investigation that got the man but not all of the loot. And, rage and frustration. Simon Baron-Cohen, cousin to the comedian. Mostly adult males.