Critter News
DECEMBER 1, 2009
They've been planning to build a facility to breed research monkeys in Puerto Rico for some time. That didn't make it right. Plus, well, you get this picture. Hey, it's a chance for some jobs for the young folks. I'm sorry, but this is not the way to create jobs. Horrible things like the slave trade created jobs.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 30, 2021
On the breeding grounds of the north, a small bird flies into the night, takes a bearing for the south, gains altitude and flies onward. They don’t need to be professional bird killers either, predators only need to be in the right place at the right time. Migrant birds make an incredibly perilous journey, twice per year.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 27, 2021
Wikipedia has a paragraph on their interesting mating system : “Home ranges are occupied by breeding groups of 3 or 4 males with 3 or 4 females. When seen from the right angle, the females are quite attractive as well. I do not have a strong opinion on rosefinch ID, though looking at some photos online, I think she is right.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2020
Parasites penetrate the skin, travel through the blood vessels and finally (if you’re lucky) settle in the urinary tract where they happily breed, doing irreversible damage to it (and if you’re less lucky they might get confused and settle inside your spinal cord or even your brain). Vervet Monkey c. How can I not be? Cape Wagtail 2.
10,000 Birds
JULY 10, 2014
There were grumpy old fishermen, fishing through the closed season when the fish enter the backwaters to spawn, but also carrying handguns on their belts and assuming that, being armed and dangerous, they have every right to the area. Hence, I had the be equally grumpy to explain to them that I had an equal right to be there (equal right?
Animal Person
JUNE 8, 2009
It's one that's brought on, no doubt, by the acts of vandalism and intimidation of radical animal-rights groups, but I think it also serves to insulate the research community from any responsibility it might otherwise have to increase transparency and public engagement with the work. Part V: Me and My Monkey.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 27, 2014
The monotypic Short-tailed Parrot is one of these species, occurring only swampy forests and river islands right along the Amazon River and wider sections of its largest tributaries. River islands and varzea forest, both dynamic, seasonally flooded habitats within the greater Amazonian ecosystem, support their own set of special parrots.
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