Critter News
APRIL 4, 2009
This is an excellent article that appeared in the Boston Globe last week. The feud between animal rights activists and researchers is among the bitterest in science. Indeed, it often isn't even the best science: New drugs that show great promise in mice, for example, often confer zero benefit to humans, or even prove harmful.
10,000 Birds
MAY 17, 2020
Over and again, Kroodsma admits to things to which neither he, nor any other researchers, yet have answers – including areas where diligent amateurs can, he says, make discoveries. To humans, birdsong is akin to Joycean language, isn’t it? Boston, New York. Drawing of the avian syrinx by Amanda Morgan Riley. __.
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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
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
The author is Nick Cooney and he's the Director of The Humane League, an animal advocacy non-profit with offices in Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington DC. It's called "Change Of Heart: What Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading Social Change." In the author's words.
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2022
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary was an amazing and unexpected treat, but that’s because I failed to do my research. As a talked to a couple from Boston, new to birding, I spotted a Clapper Rail walking close behind us. They did flush eventually, but not because of humans. Eastern Meadowlark. Clapper Rail.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
March 14, 2011 Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Jon Gassett, Commissioner One Sportsman’s Lane Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 Dear Mr. Gassett, I am a writer, naturalist and artist with a special interest in human/bird interactions. Where Are You Birding this Second Weekend of March 2009?
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