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What Is An Ornithologist?

10,000 Birds

Another challenge to bird research is that it is woefully underfunded and relies heavily on citizen science. Remember the whole Cornell Ivory-billed Woodpecker search and how you literally had to apply for a volunteer position to pay your own way down to Arkansas for 2 weeks to try and look for that bird?

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Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

I know from experience how accessible Dennis is, last year he helped me identify a damselfly I photographed in Costa Rica (Argia anceps, no common name). He is a naturalist dedicated to widening the circle of people interested in the natural history of odonates.

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

Animal Ethics

Researchers have also learned that the cancer-causing chemicals that form in beef as it cooks also tend to form in chicken. Sadly, Gillette's experience is not unique. Unfortunately, switching from red meat to chicken does not help very much. How sick and twisted is that.

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