10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

We were able to take a thoroughly enjoyable boat ride on Lake Chamo, whose shores teem with birds, including such typical African species as African Fish Eagle, Goliath Heron the world’s largest, Yellow-billed Stork and the incomparable Hamerkop , a species in its own family.

Ethiopia 247

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds 247

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

Fortunately for we humans, placing primates properly phylogenetically in relation to the other mammals requires an act or two of faith at the deeper ends of the family tree, but it is probably true that primates and rodents share a common stock to the exclusion of others, so maybe we are all mice.

Camels 202

Camels Whales Whaling Apes 202

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

The Peru Birding Rally Challenge is a joint initiative between PromPeru and the Inkaterra Family of hotels. Besides the birds, the teams were distracted by half a dozen primate species and rare Giant River Otters. Enter the inaugural Peru Birding Rally Challenge , the first international birding event of it’s kind in the world.

Peru 234

Peru 2012 Birds Falcons 234

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

And apart from local people, primate researchers sometimes spot it, but it is a species seen by fewer than ten living birders. The rest of the 216 pages long book is devoted to various African bird families and half a dozen individual species. He has authored several other books and many articles, largely on natural history.

Congo 264

Congo Africa South Africa Madagascar 264

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Primates are exceptional among the mammals, living amphibians (which represent only a small part of the original amphibian family tree) are pretty noisy too. Except, of course, there are, or should I say, there is one , so far, to make that comparison. A look at the brain would be nice too, of course.).

Groups 170

Groups Collecting Primates Bats 170

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

There are variations on that theme, of course. This was the idea originally proposed to explain unbelievably huge sexual swellings in primates, to let males know who the females are. Even the non-passerines often follow this pattern.

Breeders 207

Breeders Breeding Birds Groups 207

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2011

The average (responsible) dog-owner does not think of his or her dog functioning on instinct, but as a organism with deep emotional ties to its family that seeks out pleasures and avoids pains… which, fundamentally, is how we people operate. has gained a solid foothold in the scientific community.

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Emotional Science Birds Mammals 212