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I Remember Elephants

10,000 Birds

A different research says, from 2002 to 2011 the known populations of forest elephants declined by 62%. Will the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) conference delegates up-list them to Appendix I of the Convention, forbidding any future sale over international borders?

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Vultures, Human Evolution, Global Warming, and Windmills

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As an aside, I well remember the time that Binford came to our quaint little department at Harvard to meet with Isaac and his research team (us) to sort out this difference in understanding of human evolution. There were dozens and dozens of these papers given at conferences until finally someone made a rule against them.

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Unlikely Healer Walks on Three Paws

4 The Love Of Animals

Not consulted about adopting the kitten, nor part of the hours and hours each day spent answering the letters to Henry, the dog initially felt left out and dejected. The National Institutes of Health acknowledges and researches the healing powers that animals exert on humans.

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Citizen Science or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love eBird

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But that changed last weekend at the Chicago Ornithological Society’s 10th biennial Birding America conference. The talk described eBird’s origins in 2002 and traced its history as a project aimed at using “citizen science” to help researchers and conservationists learn more about birds. And at least on me, it worked.

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

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(SOPI) is the leading ornithological organization and it performs research, education, and outreach. Much of the research regarding Caribbean ecology and ornithology has been conducted in Puerto Rico. Although most conservation research focuses on northern breeding grounds, many ABA Area birds spend most of the year elsewhere.