10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

There is a fantastic paper just out in Science : “Sustained miniaturization and anatomoical innovation in the dinosaurian anceestors of birds” by Michael Lee, Andrea Cau, Darren Naishe and Gareth Dyke. Whales are cows. So, for example, humans are apes. The point is, of course, that whales are not cows. Cows do not.

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Camels Whales Whaling Apes 195

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Artists rendition of Inkayacu paracasensis There are 17 living species of penguins, which make up their own Linnean family (Spheniscidae), which is the only family in the order Sphenisciformes. Fossil Evidence for Evolution of the Shape and Color of Penguin Feathers Science, 330 (6006), 954-957 DOI: 10.1126/science.1193604

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Penguins Seals Peru Science 188

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

I come from a family where the worse the situation, the faster and more furiously the wisecracks fly, so I suppose I’m hardwired to look for humor. And don’t forget, I’m the one coming out of solitude and ready to rejoin humanity in March of 2020. The book is darkly funny. I can’t write stories that are unrelentingly grim.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 245