10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2011

It is much stranger and illustrative of the ways of evolution to point out that whales are a form of “hoofed animal&# (unlikely but true). One of the most interesting differences between birds and dinosaurs has to do with their eggs. For example, there seems to have been dinosaurs that used feathers as their body covering.

Birds 270

Birds Primates Marsupials Whales 270

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

As a Northeast birder I am familiar with the alarming decrease in the number of Red Knots along Atlantic shores and have signed petitions and written e-mails calling for legislation and rules that will limit the overharvesting of the horseshoe crab, whose eggs Red Knots depend on. million in the late 1990’s. Should the gulls be controlled?

Delaware 181

Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 181

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

They eat only seafood, including fish, squid, krill and other organisms. They have special adaptations to stay warm and to keep their eggs and chicks warm. So, which came first, the underwater flight, the ability to hunt fish, the exceptional ability to live in the cold, or the tuxedo-camouflage? Salas-Gismondi, R., Vinther, J.,

Penguins 194

Penguins Seals Peru Science 194

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The descriptions of the territory’s birds, seals, whales, introduced mammals, invertebrates, and plants are written within the framework of the conversationist, so it is more than a field guide, it is a record of endangered wildlife and the efforts being made to protect it. Who can resist penguins and whales?

Georgia 173

Georgia Penguins Wildlife Whales 173

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2018

For example, “the Ungulata include hooved animals with multi-chambered stomachs, except the whales.”. Some sort of ancient fish-with-feet is the ancestors of humans. Therefore, humans are fish with feet, right? A term like “hooved animals” is monophyletic and a perfectly sound adaptive group, except for the whales.

Monkeys 140

Monkeys Gorillas Whales Whaling 140

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

The number of individual birds and mammals alone that are affected by these factors are countless; and when you consider fish, reptiles and amphibians, it is hard to comprehend the magnitude of life that gets wiped out around the world (and certainly including the U.S.) There is nothing abstract or controversial about this.

Animal Rights Movement 212

Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Wildlife 212