Critter News
NOVEMBER 7, 2009
The research project, led by Jack Bergman of McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate in Belmont, Mass., was one of 12 awarded radiobiology research grants through NASA's Human Research Program, the space agency announced October 27. Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine are calling attention to it.
Critter News
DECEMBER 9, 2010
For more than a year, we have worked to block NASA’s planned radiation experiments on live squirrel monkeys. NASA had planned to irradiate 30 live squirrel monkeys in a misguided attempt to learn the effects of deep-space radiation. Because of your hard work, these monkeys will not be irradiated or otherwise abused.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 16, 2015
If you follow baseball, you’ve probably heard of the “ rally squirrel ” and the infamous “ rally monkey.” Researchers are planning to ask the American Ornithologists’ Union to make the split official.
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2017
I never researched the resort, imagining that it lacked the amenities my family wanted, but visiting for dinner allowed us to rent its grandeur without forking over the considerable room rates. In fact, we saw two species of monkey, our only sloths, lots of coatis, and my rarest ever mammal sighting—a Jaguarundi —right on site.
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2011
A squirrel skittered by … a squirrel is not a bird. Here’s some data from the famous research project of Manu, Peru, giving biomass in kilograms per hectare. A single large spider monkey, which might be out of view, equals a large number of lightly built and small birds which may be scattered across the landscape.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 15, 2015
They are large passerines and research has shown them to be an ancient basal offshoot from the passerine tree (at approximately the same time as rockjumpers, were even placed in the same family until quite recently). Then a few years ago the news broke that picathartes had been rediscovered at a community forest reserve in Ghana.
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 17, 2011
Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. More research is needed, but initial studies by the Pine Street Foundation and others on using dogs for diagnosis are promising. He never chased the rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, or deer who regularly visited.
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