10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2023

While it also eats dead meat and carcasses like its relatives, its favorite food is palm nuts. In 1964, two researchers described a new species, the White-chested Tinkerbird, and brought a specimen back to the UK. But the text was last updated in 2015 while the DNA research was done in 2018. It must be frustrating.

South Africa 147

South Africa Africa 2018 Birds 147

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 17, 2010

To the Editor: Re “ More Perils of Ground Meat ” (editorial, Jan. coli O157:H7 shows that in the last year the percent of positive raw ground beef samples has dropped from to 0.30 Jeremy Russell Director of Communications and Government Relations National Meat Association Oakland, Calif., percent from 0.47 11, 2010

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Industry Oakland 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Ackerman’s new book is about owls and owl research–the knowledge recently and currently being discovered through DNA analysis, new-tech tracking and monitoring, and old-fashioned fieldwork under the auspices of organizations like the Global Owl Project and the Owl Research Institute.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 213