10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2015

We call it a “mouse gradation year” I was not able to find a catchy English term for “gradation year” – it’s what happens when a certain species showing population cycles reaches a peak year. In Germany, our most common large mammalian predator is the Red Fox Vulpes vulpes.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

See TIME’s photo essay “ Puppies Behind Bars “ Henry the schnoodle just did a remarkable thing. Understanding a pointed finger may seem easy, but consider this: while humans and canines can do it naturally, no other known species in the animal kingdom can. Hare lifts it to reveal the biscuit reward.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Grief in magpies and red foxes: Saying goodbye to a friend. I also watched a red fox bury her mate after a cougar had killed him. Tika and her longtime mate, Kobuk, had raised eight litters of puppies together and were enjoying their retirement years in the home of my friend, Anne. Photo by Paul Huber. Photos courtesy of iStock.

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