10,000 Birds
AUGUST 29, 2022
If you are a bit deranged and like to read about animal diseases (you know who you are), I recommend checking out the paper “Poxvirus infection in a Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike “ “The nest is remarkably small for the size of the bird. .'” The species gets a consolation prize for being genuinely black-faced though.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
Knowing now how highly intelligent these animals are, I am very resistant to "using" them for therapy. These critics charge that it is no more effective and considerably more expensive than skillful conventional treatment, while potentially harmful to the humans and the animals. From the Washington Post.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2015
Further down the road, we reach a derelict building with a large veranda hidden among the trees – an abandoned hunting lodge (if I were in a situation to invest, I would choose to upgrade this into a luxury wildlife lodge). Well, one reason might be – this animal is not only endangered, but even rarer than the Tiger!
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 17, 2011
Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. Waterfall Dances: Do animals have spiritual experiences?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 17, 2012
February 27, 2012 Reports of large marine animal strandings in the Gulf of Mexico continue to pile up in the first two months of 2012. Officials reported 48 marine mammals, mostly dolphins, and 87 dead sea turtles during the first two months alone. The NOOA recorded approximately 70 marine mammal strandings each year prior to 2010.
10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2012
Still it is always nice to add to the evidence of animal intellect. When it noticed a piece of kelp with an air bladder attached, it abandoned the stuff near shore and made the short swim out to collect its prize. I thought to myself “strange, I didn’t know they ate kelp.”
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
The Cattle Egret is native to Africa, where it is a familiar sight among herds of large mammals. They feed on insects stirred up by the herds, at times sitting on the animal itself picking off ticks and other insects. I’d like to introduce you to a diminutive heron, the Cattle Egret Bubuclus ibis.
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