10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2022

Challenging at times, especially for us nonscientists, but Whittaker very smartly combines explanations of scientific concepts and processes with her own thoughts and feelings about the work, the intellectual history that preceded it, and the people she works with. There’s also roller derby stuff. It is also a bit misleading.

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Science Research Birds Turkey 221

10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2013

My proposal, “ An integrative understanding of phenotypic flexibility ”, aims to answer these questions by investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying seasonal changes in metabolic performance of a common songbird, the Dark-eyed Junco. What are the mechanisms by which this occurs? And what cues do they use to do so? My Project.

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Panama Research Investigation Chickens 209

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2016

Every time a gene is replicated, or really, a chromosome (during cell division), a bit of the end of a gene may be lost, owing to the way this process happens. This is part of the process of aging. City Great Tit ( Parus major ) telomeres shortened. Telomeres are repetitive sequences of genetic material sitting at the ends of genes.

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Mammals Zebras Birds Primates 110

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2016

You rush over to investigate, and there are birds in your fireplace. It’s always better to be in contact with a wildlife rehabilitator during this process, as they can answer any questions that come up. It’s summer, you’re in your house, and suddenly there’s a commotion. They’re Chimney Swifts.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Sanctuary Birds Connecticut 135

Critter News

APRIL 1, 2009

There is an abundance of information on the web about undercover investigations, livestock conditions, slaughter procedures, etc. Animals are raw materials to process for product. You are not processing their wellbeing, but their carcasses for meat. There are many gruesome pictures too. It’s not cost-effective.

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Farm Animal Farmed Animals Farming Factory Farm 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2018

Don’t make excuses because like would you make excuses for Anopheles mosquitoes adapted to feeding on us humans and giving us itches, sleepless nights, and choice diseases in the process? I would hope not! No excuses for them and none for hummingbirds either. I’m sorry, but the ravenous mini, modern dinos are jerks.

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Humane Neglecting Investigation Birds 168

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

At the same time, female relatives of the initiate allow themselves to be severely whipped with saplings, forming permanent scarring on their backs and in the process cementing lifelong allegiances between the parties. D’Arnaud’s Barbet displaying atop a fencepost. A young Hamar woman. The lovely Bruce’s Green Pigeon.

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Game 242

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2016

Of course, that certainly piqued my interest, so I closed the store immediately and went to investigate. The last thing I wanted to do was disturb her so I chose to stay quite a ways away, using a long lens to record the process. Sure enough, the little female Costa’s hummingbird had begun to assemble her nest.

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San Diego Seattle Eggs California 172

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2018

” This is what separates The Joy of Bird Feeding from the other books, articles and pamphlets–a strategic method for figuring out what bird food to use in your home habitat and a step-by-step process for creating and implementing a bird-friendly place.

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Birds New York City Squirrels New York 174

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

For example, if we hear distant thunder, we know that it was caused by a storm, or by lightning, or by the more precisely defined physical processes of ionized air (depending on how much we know about meteorology). A Hidden Causal Agent (HCA) is an entity that causes something to happen, where you can’t see the agent but you know what it is.

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Abandon Abandoning Abandonment Research 229

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 10, 2010

It, too, traced, with a great deal of investigative reporting, the journey fat trimmings take through the meatpacking industry. Perhaps simplifying the whole process would eliminate the need for multiple inspections, saving the U.S.D.A. To the Editor: “ Company’s Record on Treatment of Beef Is Called Into Question ” (front page, Dec.

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New York Times New York Hamburgers United States 40

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

When he went outside to investigate, he saw a dusty troupe of mottled, almost camouflaged, puppies rolling in the sand, all presided over by a serious, sleek, dark presence—their mother. Although this excerpt has been proofread, occasional errors may appear due to the scanning process. Please refer to the finished book for accuracy.

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Dogs Puppies Iraq Pets 100

Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

The meat and dairy industries want to keep their operations away from the public’s discriminating eyes, but as groups like PETA and the Humane Society have shown us in their graphic and disturbing undercover investigations, factory farms are mechanized madness and slaughterhouses are torture chambers to these unfortunate and feeling beings.

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New York Times New York Proposition 2 Free Range 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2023

Being lazy, a bunch of researchers used camera traps to investigate the species rather than following the birds directly (which would have had some health benefits). Higher-ranking females seem to do this better than lower-ranking ones, resulting in higher survival rates for their chicks ( source ). ” Full iteration! Evidence-based!

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Birds China Science Research 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2012

I was happy to be out looking for birds, investigating all of the unfamiliar sounds and not feeling stupid by being around European birders who knew all of the birds that I was at least temporarily confused by. No one had access to my thought processes or to the previous footnote. This was before I realized that they were mythical.)

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Woodpeckers Hungary Europe Japan 178

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

He roots the theft in the history of collecting bird skins, in the brief life history of Edwin Rist, in the secretive world of classic fly tying, and in his own efforts to follow up on a police investigation that got the man but not all of the loot. If you thought birders could be weird, wait till you meet the fly tiers.

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Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 103

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2011

It is, rather, determined by its correct learning of the song as it is sung locally by members of its species, plus other non-genetic factors we will not investigate today. Birds living in urban environments must sing against different background from their rural counterparts.

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Zebras Birds Humane Raised 255

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

In addition, there may be some built-in (genetic) processing ability. They can use this form of sensory input to navigate, integrating this information with other data to determine and adjust migration routes as adults.

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Research Humane Compassion New York 192

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 31, 2020

So, “glen” is easy enough, but unless you’re well versed in Scots Gaelic toponyms, decoding the names of the many “Glen-” whiskies out there in full requires a bit more investigation.

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Geese Ireland Branding 2016 156

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2021

During the rulemaking process, however, the Trump Administration rule will technically be in effect, though enforcement will be up the Biden Administration. Rather, the Biden Administration has proposed a new rule that would effectively take everything back to what it had been for decades before the Trump Administration.

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Laws United States Birds Adoptable 264