10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
How, to humans, is “behavior” separate from the bird itself? For example, ritualistic displays of aggression and appeasement, of coming to the brink and then backing off, are common in humans and, probably, all animals. Again, both these behaviors seem quite human — or maybe our equivalents seem quite avian.
10,000 Birds
JULY 26, 2018
Birds run on a different timetable than humans, so many of the former are making plans for fall (or spring) while the latter still ponders how to spend those summer (or winter) nights. I’ll be in Boston for part of this weekend. So if the birding by you has been uninspiring, just wait. A change is on the horizon.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2014
Now you can add another one to the list: the Ravencam, in the unlikeliest of places—the campus of Wellesley College , just outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Common Ravens tend to avoid nesting around lots of humans. But clearly, this pair was looking for attention.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 16, 2012
Statue “Phillis Wheatley” by Meredith Bergmann, in Boston. One of the projects I did was related to the famous Big Dig in Boston, the largest public works project ever carried out by human beings. These birds mostly left the city to feed on farms out in Concord and Lexington and other distant suburbs of Boston.
10,000 Birds
MAY 17, 2020
To humans, birdsong is akin to Joycean language, isn’t it? Boston, New York. But to fully understand it, to be able to “read” it – well, that’s either impossible, or else takes years of dedicated ardor and study. And to follow Kroodsma’s suggested paths, all of them, might take you, not centuries, but surely years. By Donald Kroodsma.
Critter News
DECEMBER 27, 2010
Therefore, this Boston Globe article saddens me on both levels. Scientific advances over the last three years have now made it feasible to easily tinker with rat genes, creating the possibility of far better models of certain human diseases, and potentially shortening the time it takes to develop medications.
Critter News
APRIL 4, 2009
This is an excellent article that appeared in the Boston Globe last week. But many researchers - although adamant that animal research remains critical to finding cures and expanding medical knowledge - have come to concede that using creatures as human stand-ins is unnecessary for many procedures. This is an important issue.
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