Critter News

APRIL 27, 2010

Heck, even my cats visibly missed old Charlotte who died last August. This is because they quote some guy from the USC Jane Goodall Research Center who throws doubt on the premise. I've read of the mountain gorillas in Virunga grieving over the loss of a silverback.

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Charlotte Research Center Apes Gorillas 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

The number of bird species that have been recorded from Puerto Maldondo to the Tambopata Research Center is around 620 species (all lowland elevations). Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Peru 2011 Deer Birds 188

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

This is all in a day’s work and a typical morning here at the Tambopata Research Center in the Madre de Dios district of Peru where, on behalf of the conservation agency Earthwatch Institute , I have come to volunteer for two weeks for the Tambopata Macaw Project. And that’s just in the lowlands! Wicked, right?

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 254

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 17, 2007

The Great Ape Trust is the only place in America where this kind of research still goes on.” In fact, the Language Research Center at Georgia State University has engaged in continuous social, cognitive and biobehavioral research on primates, including language training and research, since 1981.

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New York Times New York Apes Georgia 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

A Great Backyard Bird Count Miracle Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of January 2011) What is the International Bird Rescue Research Center Anyway? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Or These Blasts From The Past What’s In A Name? Wicked, right?

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 238