10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

There is a fantastic paper just out in Science : “Sustained miniaturization and anatomoical innovation in the dinosaurian anceestors of birds” by Michael Lee, Andrea Cau, Darren Naishe and Gareth Dyke. Whales are cows. The point is, of course, that whales are not cows. You should have said whales. Cows do not.

Camels 198

Camels Whales Whaling Apes 198

Critter News

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

BLUE whales, the world’s largest animals, are reappearing in parts of the oceans where hunting once wiped them out, signalling that they may finally be returning from the brink of extinction. Research also suggests that the Antarctic population of blue whales may now be growing at 6% a year. And here's some good news for today.

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Whales Whaling Endangered Species Mammals 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

The post stimulated some great discussions but not really any additional commentary on the science behind these proposed relationships. Last month, I wrote about hypothesized relationships between passerines, parrots, falcons, and seriemas , noting a need for further research on the subject.

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Parrots Falcons Indonesia Rodents 189

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

But I only rehabbed birds, so I had to do research and call my mammal rehabber friends. author’s note: Earth Almanac: A Year of Witnessing the Wild, from the Call of the Loon to the Journey of the Gray Whale by Ted Williams, is due out in late April, published by Storey Publ.]) Read Carl Hiaasen.”. Are you still rehabbing birds?

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 254

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2013

Rather, my trip to the American Museum of Natural History last week was enlivened, however slightly, by spotting a Rock Pigeon perched on top of the elephants in the Hall of African Mammals, safely out of the elements and unexposed to Central Park’s hawks. It is driven by love for animals, but relies on their deaths to exist.

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Elephants Mammals Buffalo Gorillas 156