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Peterson Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America, Second Edition: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

This second edition covers 685 species found in the continental U.S. and Canada, including some species as far north as Alaska, an increase over the 500 species covered in the first edition. McKnight not included in the first edition; updated nomenclature; and artwork positioned opposite the species descriptions.

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Lost Among the Birds: A Review of a Big Year Book

10,000 Birds

Yes, Neil Hayward was in a position to break the Big Year record—748 species–of the fabled Sandy Komito, a feat that some birders said couldn’t be done (not so much for reasons of birding skill, but because of a different playing field , literally).

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Animal Ethics

Sarah Palin of Alaska, the scientific literature is very clear that polar bear survival is highly threatened in the wild. 7, 2008 The writer is director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment , Harvard Medical School. To the Editor: Re “ Bearing Up ” (Op-Ed, Jan. 5): In contrast to the arguments made by Gov.

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

Animal Ethics

There simply is no dispute in the medical community that human breast milk is the best food a human infant can be fed. Never mind that the bulk of the fat in Starbucks's beverages comes from the milk -- yes, milk ! -- of another species. Neal Barnard, Food for Life: How the New Four Food Groups Can Save Your Life , p.

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