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Birding Chongming Island in summer

10,000 Birds

Some differences in animal behavior are quite striking. If you are a person who enjoys analyzing the stuff regurgitated by bird chicks, you probably wish to have participated in a study looking at the diet of Yellow Bitterns in South Korea. at Disney’s Animal Kingdom ( source ). of catching extremely small fish.

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Ruppy the glowing puppy

4 The Love Of Animals

Ruppy and four other beagles are the first dogs to glow, though the experiment has taken place in other animals. They do their work at the Seoul National University in South Korea. Byeong-Chun Lee and his team created the dogs by cloning fibroblast cells that create a red fluorescent gene.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Our experience on the ground confirms your reporting that this trade is increasingly tied to organized crime. BENNETT Jeju, South Korea, Sept. To the Editor: Your reporting on the illegal ivory trade (“ Elephants Dying in Epic Frenzy as Ivory Fuels Wars and Profits ,” “The Price of Ivory” series, front page, Sept. ELIZABETH L.