10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2014

The use of tool by animals is surprisingly rare. Among birds the Egyptian Vulture uses rocks to crack Ostrich eggs, the New Caledonian Crow and Woodpecker Finch (one of several Darwin Finches of the Galapagos Islands), uses sticks to extract grubs from inside a branch. Further support for inherent behavior comes from experiments.

Fish 164

Fish Woodpeckers Ostriches Eggs 164

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2016

Today is the United Nations World Wildlife Day, a time to celebrate and raise awareness of the living world around us. Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. The closer one raises her head, than lies back. Well, one reason might be – this animal is not only endangered, but even rarer than the Tiger!

Wildlife 188

Wildlife Tigers Asia Europe 188

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Not, as Linneaus thought, an ostrich, nor even, as later scientists concluded, a distant cousin of pigeons deserving of family rank, it was an honest-to-goodness pigeon, deeply embedded within the family Columbidae. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every.

Solomon Islands 279

Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 279