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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Soon after I read Gary Steiner’s article, my wife asked me to kill a spider, which I did. We kill so many living creatures when we build a house, construct a road, drive down that road or just walk on a path. But even then if we were to survive we would have to kill some animals in self-defense. Lawrence S.

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Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.

10,000 Birds

The magnificent history and diversity of birds on Earth came into sharper focus this month with the publication of 28 new scientific papers in Science and other journals. top: Turkey Vulture ( Cathartes aura ), bottom: Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ). American Flamingo photo by Dick Culbert). Jarvis et al. Jarvis et al. Jarvis et al.

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