Critter News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
The research at Laval University is still in the earliest stages. Despite that, a Quebec-based seal fur company has begun championing Pibarot's hypothesis, seeing the research as a buoy for Canada's beleaguered seal harvest.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2022
South Africa is their steward and have been declared Special Nature Reserves under the South African Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act in 2003, which restricts activities on the islands to research and conservation management. It is still volcanically active with researchers periodically discovering new flows.
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4 The Love Of Animals
OCTOBER 26, 2011
His large pouty eyes, silky fur-coat, and silly little paws on which he fumbled all over the hay-covered kennel, lured me in like a dog to a bone. Before visiting the local animal shelter, I should have done some background research. The following is a guest post from Kevin Sloan. Don’t let the dog eat your homework.
10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2014
Most researchers agree that modern-day birds are the only living members of the Dinosauria clade. The cup is made up of dry grasses, rootlets, and weed stems, then lined with finer grasses, hair and fur. According to Wikipedia, birds (class Aves) are feathered, winged, two-legged, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
What messages and techniques have been proven effective in getting people to make compassionate decisions like boycotting fur and adopting companion animals instead of buying them? And why do so many people say the oppose the cruel practices of factory farming, yet still eat meat, eggs and dairy products?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
Over 3 million pairs of Antarctic Fur Seals breed on South Georgia, saved from near extinction by fur hunters. Others, my favorites, show the species within the habitat: breaching Humpback Whales, a Reindeer confronting a King Penguin (below), an elevated view of a beach full of breeding Fur Seals.
10,000 Birds
JULY 3, 2018
Each fly has a name and a ‘recipe’ to follow for its creation, a complicated procedure utilizing a hook, sometimes fur, sometimes wool, but always brightly colored feathers from rare birds. The skins were invaluable tools for ornithological, ecological, environmental research. And, well researched.
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