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What Impact Will Drones Have on Birds?

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In a recent study , a team of French researchers set out to test whether a drone’s color, speed, and angle of approach affected different groups of birds. It’s quite possible that further research into the internal stress indicators of birds may reveal similar findings.

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Environmental Groups Call For End To USDA Wildlife Killing

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Environmental groups have called on Obama to get rid of the USDA's Dept. Yet, Wildlife Services not only kills tens of thousands of targeted wild animals annually, their activities also result in the unintentional deaths of many others, including pets, using indiscriminate and agonizing poisons, torturous traps, and even dynamite.

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Do birds avoid predators because of culture?

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Plastic behaviors are not automatically unrelated to natural selection, but the way those behaviors vary across individuals or across groups may not be best explained by underlying genetic differences. My research in the Congo supports this idea. Clearly, more research is needed! The paper is in Natrure Scientific Reports.

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Wisconsin Falconer Legally Traps Snowy Owl

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Here are some myths: Falconry birds are essentially pets. If you are a bad hunting partner and do not flush enough game, the raptor will fly off when released and not return. When you see a falconer transporting their bird or walking with a group, the bird might be in a dark crate or hooded. Go home now!” Not always.

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

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Hare could run a very profitable shell game. Marc Hauser, a cognitive psychologist at Harvard University, recently opened his own such research lab and has 1,000 dogs lined up as subjects. In some cases, their research suggests that our pets are manipulating us rather than welling up with human-like feeling. and Europe.

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Animal Person

During a brief moment of insanity after the death of my pet kitty Brady in 1991 (at the age of 17), I attended Vermont Law School to study Environmental Law. And I didn’t properly research the ramifications of going to VLS, because if I had, I wouldn’t have been so shocked when I heard about my inevitable debt and low-paying job prospects.

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