10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Doug Futuyma believes in science and in the scientific basis of evolution. How Birds Evolve: What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity by Douglas J. This isn’t a bad thing, it’s just a very different kind of book than popular books about bird behavior, which rely on story as much as science.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
There’s no information as to when these European colonies died out, but we do know that it was a long time ago. The ibises were initially trained to follow a microlight aircraft over the Alps. Sadly, they no longer breed in Algeria, while in Turkey no free-flying birds remain.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
Jennifer Ackerman points out in the introduction to What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds , that we don’t know much, but that very soon we may know a lot more. What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds is a joyous, fascinating read.
Critter News
JUNE 29, 2009
The Texas Attorney General ruled earlier this month that the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center can withhold records of a committee that oversees the use of animals in training and research. I bet there's probably some ugly stuff in those records. Sherrie Carruth, told The A-J {Avalanche-Journal.}
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
The scientific species name stricklandii commemorates Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811-1853), a British geologist, zoologist, and the coordinator of the Strickland Code, a code of nomenclature for taxonomic classification prepared by a committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, first published in 1842 ( source ).
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 7, 2020
The authors trace the creation of swamps, wetlands, and meadows by farmers, and then the destruction of wetlands by the building of golf courses, the loss of meadows by the construction of train tracks. Finally, “About the Authors” gives full biographical information on the four authors. And for good reason.
Animal Person
MARCH 17, 2009
In addition to heaps of information at www.RPAforAll.org about RPA's 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign to get our universities out of the meat industry, there is now a current list of all 50 governors with address and their state's LGU. Let me know -- any time! -- if you'd like assistance or more information. Thanks and best wishes!
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