Critter News
JUNE 16, 2010
I particularly question the use of chimpanzees in medical research. I recently was escorted through a large primate research laboratory by its director. If they are "only" animals, if they are beasts which abstract not, then my comparison is a piece of sentimental foolishness. But chimpanzees can abstract.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2015
She does, and her narrative serves as a role model for how to write about birds simply and knowledgeably; informing birds’ family stories with scientific facts and research findings. American Crows live in extended families, with sons and daughters from previous years helping to raise the current brood.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 7, 2020
This is a delightful book, large (8-1/2 by 11 inches), filled with Sibley’s distinctive artwork and an organized potpourri of research-based stories about the science behind bird’s lives. His art is beloved (if you have owned a Sibley calendar at least once in your life, raise your hand) and his bird expertise is widely respected.
10,000 Birds
MAY 19, 2011
Way back when I started what turned out to be my thesis research (on humans), it became important for me to learn about bird migration. I was involved in the study of human movement and navigation on land, and there was a lot of research coming out about bird navigation. Another question this raises has to do with migration itself.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 31, 2023
As you can tell from this post starting with leaf warblers, the ornithological equivalent of watching paint dry (ok, a bit unfair and not really a good comparison anyway, but hey, write your own blog if you do not like mine). Daniel Gustafsson and coauthors looked at chewing lice of the Grey-headed Lapwing. You figure it out yourself.
10,000 Birds
MAY 16, 2011
Researching this single hybrid revealed that teals are as liberal with their love as mallards! Even so, hybrids not identifiable after comparison with the images presented here might involve one (or two) of these other teals. Are you willing to hazard a guess about its lineage? What about the rest? Aren’t hybrid ducks fun?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
There is also a very nice comparison of the head and bill patterns of adult mollymawks, the medium-sized albatrosses. Born in Gambia, raised and living in Sweden , Larsson illustrated three major guides before this one, all authored by Klaus Malling Olsen: Terns of Europe and North America (PUP, rev.
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