Animal Person

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Next year's Mind and Life Conference is called "Altruism and Compassion in Economic Systems: A Dialogue Between Economics, Neuroscience and Contemplative Sciences." What have the sciences to contribute - if anything at all?" Tags: Current Affairs Economics Ethics Gray Matters Language Religion.

Compassion 100

Compassion Emotional Science Ethics 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

But getting a grip on gulls can be rewarding, and even within a large group of seemingly drab-colored, dump-loving trash eaters, there are spectacular species, like the dramatic Sabine’s Gull, the nearly mythical Ivory Gull, and easily one of the most sought-after species in North America, the mysterious Ross’s gull. And, it is.).

Birds 263

Birds North Carolina North America Owls 263

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

Written in a friendly, inclusive style quietly grounded in science, How to Know the Birds is an excellent addition to the growing list of birding essay books by talented birder/writers like Pete Dunne and Kenn Kaufman. ” The essays are arranged in thematic order grouped in six sections: “Spark Bird!”

Birds 115

Birds North America Breeding America 115

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The photographs are from VIREO, the ornithological image collection associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, which licenses bird photographs to many guides and reference books. Color-coded page headings denote bird groups, matched by color-coded bird silhouette icons located midway down the edge of the page.

North America 279

North America America Birds California Condor 279

Critter News

DECEMBER 21, 2008

So, I belong to this book group of 5 to 7 women. I've been with the group for a while and it's not bad. There is one member of this group who works for a pharmaceutical company. She is the "science" one and likes to call herself an "independent" on the political landscape.

Medical Research 100

Medical Research Medical Research Primates 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

Within species, or closely related groups of species, beaks vary by small amounts that result in important adaptive fine tuning, as we see in the Grand’s studies of the Galapagos Finches; Beak related behavior is at the cutting edge of survival for many bird species. Well, maybe a little better than that but not much.

Alligators 217

Alligators Chickens Research Birds 217

Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

For those who didn't read the five-part Slate series " Pepper, the stolen dog who changed American science " by Daniel Engber , I recommend it for the history, but also for the misconceptions and assumptions that you might want to discuss on the Facebook discussion about the series. Let's deconstruct: Part I: Where's Pepper?

Animal Welfare 100

Animal Welfare Monkeys Animal Welfare Act Vivisection 100

Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

Be cautious in repeating claims you find on the Web, especially those made by members of chat groups. This rapidly growing site is to be a global resource on alternative methods, the 3Rs (replacement, reduction, and refinement), animal ethics, and animal care, with hyperlinks to related Web sites and databases.

Animal Research 100

Animal Research Animal Medical Research Research 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

by Arthur Ransome, 1947, starts with an affectionate recollection of a children’s book, in which a group of kids identify and protect a possibly rare bird (Great Northern Diver?), Number 57, Great Northern? and branches into an all too brief recounting of books and movies featuring birders.

Mauritius 172

Mauritius Collecting Egypt Cyprus 172

Animal Ethics

JULY 7, 2009

Government regulation is inevitably a political animal; it’s never guided purely, or even largely, by disinterested science. Is it treasonous to worry about the influence of interest groups on regulation? Is it treasonous to fear that centralizing more power in Washington will result in unforeseen negative consequences?

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Washington 2009 40

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

But for more than 20 years, consumer groups led by Public Citizen have worked to scare the public about food irradiation and threatened to boycott companies that market irradiated products. 5, 2009 The writer worked from 1978 to 1990 at Consumers Union as a health and science writer for Consumer Reports Magazine.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Hamburgers Meat Industry 40