10,000 Birds
AUGUST 2, 2022
The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent focuses on this last question, but you might find yourself fascinated by the first two, which come early in the book but linger on in the imagination as author Danielle J. some, apparently, like sugar cookies), and “how do they communicate information by their odors?”
Critter News
DECEMBER 31, 2010
The Albuquerque Journal reported in a copyright story Friday that the National Institutes of Health informed Gov. Bill Richardson on Thursday the chimps will not be transferred to a San Antonio, Texas, facility until the National Academy of Sciences reviews policies on using chimpanzees in biomedical research.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 21, 2016
The Telomere does not contain useful genetic information, but rater, acts as a buffer. In this study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a group of juvenile zebra finches was allowed to interact with an adult. Telomeres are repetitive sequences of genetic material sitting at the ends of genes.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 18, 2014
A recent paper in Science, Brood Parasitism and the Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds by Feeney, Medina, Somveille, et al, looks into this interesting possible relationship. This was the idea originally proposed to explain unbelievably huge sexual swellings in primates, to let males know who the females are. Somveille, M.,
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
Utilizing a mixed bag of human and primate sex studies, literature, myth, and the Old Testament, Prum muses on the evolution of the penis, the female orgasm, male-female sexual conflict and same-sex relationships. Much of this, as Prum himself admits, is speculative and it is far less compelling than the ornithological chapters.
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