Critter News

DECEMBER 11, 2008

The research, to be published Friday in the journal Science, found that endangered Asian elephants born in zoos had a mortality rate two times higher than those born in parks or working in the logging industry.Animal rights groups argue that the size of the enclosures - usually less than a square kilometre, {report co-writer Georgia} Mason said - severely (..)

Elephants 100

Elephants Zoos Euthanasia Georgia 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

Clearly, author Phyllis Limbacher Tildes, the author of 24, soon to be 25, children’s books, is also a birder (and a little research brings up a presentation she gave at Ogeechee Audubon, Georgia with the biographical information and she and her family “love watching birds and wildlife seen near their lagoon on Skidaway Island.”

New York City 163

New York City Pelicans Birds New York 163

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

–especially when reviewing books like A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia or Far from Land: The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds. When we come to Gentoo Penguin again in the South Georgia chapter, for example, we’re referred back to its first appearance in Antarctica, utilizing the outline numbers.).

Penguins 279

Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

Every study brings up new questions–many new questions–and Brooke spends a lot of text explaining why every study is specific, how there are really no generalizations to be made across the group of birds covered in this book. Bruce Pearson is the book illustrator.

Albatross 114

Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 114

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Introductory pages for each group summarize the subgroups (suborder pages summarize the families, family pages summarize the genera), describing where these particular turtles are most likely to be found and their shared anatomical features and behavioral characteristics. The accounts are organized by the two suborders and then by family.

Turtles 217

Turtles Tortoises Family Terrapins 217

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

Family and genus sections all begin with descriptions of what features the group has in common and how individuals differ. I’ve found Giff Beaton’s D ragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia and the Southeast very useful whenever I travel south. Within families, species are organized by genus.

United States 244

United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 244

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. It gives one to wonder why this designation was made. Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts.

2011 244

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 244

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

All species in every one of these groups is described even if not every single species lives on the ocean, a guideline continued from the earlier volume. All species in every one of these groups is described even if not every single species lives on the ocean, a guideline continued from the earlier volume. Major species names (i.e.,

Albatross 279

Albatross Penguins Family Groups 279

Critter News

JULY 19, 2009

Georgia readers should contact this Republican Senator and ask what's up. According to Michael Markarian from the Humane Society, Sunstein's confirmation is supposedly being held due to pressure from some agribusiness groups. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.)

Animal Protection 100

Animal Protection Protection Obama Animal Welfare 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

Each genus is introduced with a brief summary of the common characteristics of the group and a beautiful full-page photograph of a representative species. Looking at the map for Red-headed Woodpecker, for example, you would think that the bird could be found as easily in New York as in Georgia.

Woodpeckers 255

Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 255

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

She traveled to Antarctica and South Georgia, East Antarctica and the Ross Sea (“deep Antarctica”), Patagonia, the Falkland Islands, the small desert islands off the coast of Chile, the Galapagos, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and Tristan da Cunha and Gough Islands in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean.

Penguins 214

Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 214

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2014

When my friend Victoria, who lives in Georgia and who is an avid birder but who is not an avid reader of blogs and social media, asked me “Should I buy the new Sibley? Sometimes it takes an unexpected question. Is it different from the old Sibley?” I realized that I was writing this review all wrong.

North America 251

North America Birds Species America 251