10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Ackerman’s new book is about owls and owl research–the knowledge recently and currently being discovered through DNA analysis, new-tech tracking and monitoring, and old-fashioned fieldwork under the auspices of organizations like the Global Owl Project and the Owl Research Institute.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 224

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

If I could walk with the animals, talk with the animals, Grunt and squeak and squawk with the animals, And they could talk to me!”. Other researchers are also looking into interspecies communication systems, and trying to determine if road and traffic noise interferes with birds’ “watch out!”

New York Times 154

New York Times Montana Science New York 154

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2012

One of the admirable things about Montana is how it contains prime examples of not one, but two iconic North American landscapes. But eastern Montana contains the equally though differently stunning high plains, a world unto itself with very different wildlife meeting very different challenges.

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Wildlife Ferrets Montana Prairie Dogs 192

Critter News

JUNE 14, 2010

The University of Montana study, aimed at exploring the effects of climate change on mountain goats, got under way this month with preliminary field work in the Many Glacier Valley. After meeting with park managers on Wednesday, researchers were allowed to resume their field work. Tags: animal research montana.

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Mountain Goats Goats Montana Killing 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

” Gifts of the Crow by John Marzluff and Tony Angell finds the crucial balance between those poles, perhaps because they are respectively a researcher and an artist. They draw on the work of such notable researchers as Bernd Heinrich and Irene Pepperberg as well as the observations of everyday birders and their own work.

Humane 149

Humane Emotional Stray Dog Science 149