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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

2, 2009 The writer is dean of the College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences at Kean University. Niman for pasturing the animals to provide all the beef, turkey, chicken and pork eaten in this country? Toney Union, N.J., And how much land would be required to contain ranches like the one owned by Ms. Lois Bloom Easton, Conn.,

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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.

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