Phi Zeta presents research awards for 2023
AVMA News
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Phi Zeta, the international honor society of veterinary medicine, recently presented the 2023 Research Manuscript Awards to Drs. Kristin Bowers and William Crosby.
Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases – January 20-24, 2023
AVMA News
JUNE 29, 2023
The Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases (CRWAD) held its annual conference from January 20-24 in Chicago. The CRWAD presented awards, named fellows, and seated new officials.
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Researcher looking at PFAS exposure in dogs, cats
AVMA News
AUGUST 14, 2023
Bair-Brake presented on the topic of PFAS in pets. #AVMA2023 rewind: Per-and-polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been linked to harmful health effects in both humans and animals. Dr. Heather D.
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Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2024
The idea is to portray one bird for each hour of the day in words and art, presenting the diversity, beauty, and wonder of avian life. Hauber Hauber’s mini-essays focus on specific behaviors, enhanced by references to recent research yet written in a relaxed, personal way. Bird Day is a lovely, little jewel of a book.
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Research and Birding at Elkhorn Slough
10,000 Birds
MAY 24, 2017
I asked Virginia Guhin, Education Programs Coordinator of the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve (ES NERR). The path started at the parking area, moving to an overlook presenting a gorgeous viewshed of the marsh, rolling hills, and mountains beyond. “What’s that?” Historic buildings at Elkhorn Slough.
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Are Kittiwakes Catholic?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 11, 2024
The colony steadily increased, so by 1970, some 32 pairs were present. Each tower has the capacity for 500 pairs, while each nesting space is fitted with a sliding Perspex panel, enabling researchers to view the Kittiwakes from inside the structures without the birds being able to see them.
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Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 3, 2021
the anatomy that produces bird sound, a specialized item called the syrinx found only in birds; the various ways in which feathers acquire color, nicely presenting a sometimes complicated topic in understandable language; and the still little understood subject of olfaction (smelling) in birds. And, that’s it.
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A Birder Attends a (Virtual) Ornithology Conference – Part II
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 17, 2020
After a week of lectures, symposia, and poster presentations, I can report that NAOC 2020 was well worth the price of admission. As one topic example, Marconi Campos-Cerqueira presented a paper entitled “Past, Current and Future Distributions of Puerto Rican Fauna: Implications from Climate Change.” by Eliza M.
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250 More Criticism of Animal Research
Critter News
APRIL 13, 2010
More criticism of the quality of animal research. Here is the Editor of "New Scientist" who suppports animal research, BUT he points out the terrible quality of the research and reliability of the results. It really hurts the scientific community's arguments that animal research saves lives. It's more fuel for opponents.
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Cutting Duplicative Research Could Save Millions
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
Just read an August update from an ALDF lawyer about medical research. But would researchers be willing to share their results? Tags: animal research. I was struck by this paragraph. That's a lot of saved lives. Doubtful if it means endangering their potential patents.
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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2022
Solid Air is divided into 12 chapters, presented as if Klem was on an auditorium podium giving a logical argument on why people need to take window strikes seriously. His seminal article, “Bird-Window Collisions,” based on dissertation research finished in 1979, was not published in a peer-reviewed journal until 1989.
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Another Research Company Accused of Animal Mistreatment
Critter News
DECEMBER 2, 2010
Animal welfare watchdog group, Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN), has released documents which, it claims, provide evidence that CRO MPI Research has been operating in violation of the US Animal Welfare Act. They include reports on 16 incidences of fractures received by primates and one swine during handling between 2007 and 2009.
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The Bird Way: A Book Review
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
A logical and outstanding successor to The Genius of Birds (2016), Ackerman’s award-winning book about bird cognition, The Bird Way explores the diversity of bird behavior, the norm and the extremes, with an emphasis on cutting-edge research and findings that explode assumptions. Yet, the research projects are never the whole story.
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A Birder’s Guide to The Wilderness Act
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 12, 2021
There is also a research institute dedicated to wilderness: the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute is an interagency facility located at the University of Montana. It is the only federal research group dedicated to studies needed to manage the National Wilderness Preservation System.
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How Birds Evolve: What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity: A Book Review by a Non-Science Person
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
He also believes that we are living in an era of incredible scientific research, one in which new genetic technology and findings from diverse scientific disciplines have turned assumptions upside down, opened up new lines of thought, and provided answers, or at least probable answers, to many of our questions about why birds do the things they do.
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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
These images are from the Kindle edition and are presented slightly differently in format and size in the paperback edition on page 22. The 11th chapter is on research and conservation challenges. They complement Kricher’s text., copyright © 2022 by John Kricher and Kevin Loughlin; copyright © 2006 by Princeton University Press.
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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 3)
10,000 Birds
APRIL 8, 2024
This is a finding presented in a paper on the Greater Racket-tailed Drongo. The researchers speculate that this is because of the contrast against the green canopy background – an explanation that seems a bit spurious to me if applied to captive birds. But no, the eye color is real, better leave it alone.
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The Marvelous Self-Awareness of Elephants: Insights into their Intelligent Minds
Reddit Animals
APRIL 16, 2023
In this article, we'll explore the fascinating research on elephant self-awareness, how it's been tested, and what it tells us about their amazing minds. Before diving into the research, it's essential to understand what self-awareness means. What is Self-Awareness?
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Come a Little Closer, Don’t Be Shy: A Study in Greater Sage-grouse Lovin’
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 18, 2015
And these dudes’ vocalizations and “sonations” increase in intensity when a lady Sage-Grouse is present—which, in turn, seems to increase the male’s mating success. Researchers from Auburn University and the University of California–Davis examined the non-vocal noises that Greater Sage-grouse make with just their feathers and wings.
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Birding Under the Influence: A Book Review
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The first two chapters make clear that although environmental concerns were a factor, his major reason for doing a big year was personal–his work as a postdoc in research neurobiology was at a crisis point, he needed to change research direction or…do something else. This is also a love story, another surprise.
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Peregrine Falcon vs Brown Pelican?
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
When doing some research for a presentation on cavity nesting birds of Northern California, I came upon a reference titled “ Cavity Nesting Birds of North American Forests.” ” My presentation consisted of several photographs of cavity nesting birds as well as videos, some mine, some from the internet.
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A Survey of U.S. Birders
10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2021
The DCEs allow researchers to identify respondents’ preferences for specific attributes of birdwatching, and to highlight which attributes respondents value relative to other attributes.” In other words, the researchers sought to determine attributes important to birders, and how those attributes rank relative to each other.
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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2024
It’s presented here from a different perspective, both more personal and more scientific (those footnotes!). Well-researched and footnoted, these sections never feel disconnected from the more personal sections. Endangered. Extinction. Conservation. ” And within these chapters are three marvelous stories told by Sophie A.
Birdie Magnetic Sense and Human Generated Electromagnetic Fields
10,000 Birds
MAY 20, 2014
New research adds a bit more to our understanding of bird migration. The story of how this research came about is interesting, and chronicled here. However, extensive research has shown no evidence of harmful effects. Here is a video from the research team discussing the results: [link]. So, there you go.
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Birding Mengbishan, Sichuan, China
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
So, trying to get a decent shot of it is mostly an exercise in frustration, something any research chemist is already very familiar with. Giant Laughingthrushes are present at Mengbishan as well, much nicer to foreign bird photographers, and thus certainly deserve to be featured again.
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Horrible Hybrids
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Further research revealed the Bird Hybrids blog ( [link] ) has several revealing photographs of this (and many other) hybrids. My most memorable encounter with a non-wildfowl hybrid was some years ago in Finland, when I was taken to a Blackgrouse lek where two c**k Racklehahns were present. These two Racklehahns were quite different.
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Bachelor's thesis on the treatment of animals during filming
Reddit Animals
AUGUST 15, 2023
The history of animal filmmaking: Tracing the development of the animal film industry from its beginnings to the present day. Summary and Conclusions: Provide a summary of research and analysis, draw conclusions regarding the treatment of animals during filming, and evaluate existing practices and laws. B. C.
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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
the development of field-based ornithological research in Europe and Great Britain; a quick step back through the history to look at bird protection, conservation, and our precarious future, with a focus on Birkhead’s long-term (50 years!) Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales. Beagle , pt.
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Binocular snobbery
10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2024
I was one of a small group of journalists, each of whom was presented with the latest Dialyt 10×40 inscribed with our initials. Soon afterwards I flew to Trinidad and Tobago to research for an article, and was hugely impressed with the small Swarovskis when I used them to watch tanagers and toucans in the rainforest.
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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2024
Survival rates of chicks increase when there are helpers present – and if in captivity this is not an option, humans can also take the place of helpers ( source ). : “A female may share a nest with another, and 3 or more adults may take turns incubating the eggs and feeding the chicks.” ” ( source ).
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195 Unintended Consequences: Bird-Friendly Yards and Bird Deaths
10,000 Birds
JULY 27, 2016
This presents a conundrum for bird lovers, the authors admit. The researchers don’t recommend getting rid of bird feeders or chopping down trees; rather, they suggest studying the effectiveness of residential window treatments that can deter collisions.
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Better Birding: A Book Review (& a New Year’s goal)
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2016
This is a very different book from what I expected, less of a handbook and more of a comprehensive identification text on 24 groups of birds, presented in words and photographs. Additional information is presented in boxes and with photographs. Armistead and Brian L. It is an intriguing choice of species. Authors George L.
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For Pheasants, Mo’ Women = Mo’ Problems
10,000 Birds
JUNE 29, 2016
And for wild pheasants ( Common , in Europe; or Ring-necked , stateside), a bigger group may actually present an existential danger. Newly published research in the journal Animal Behaviour suggests an ideal harem size for pheasants of 2.7 For humans, you have the drama of sister wives. female birds for every male.
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Accessibility Matters
10,000 Birds
APRIL 12, 2022
So armed with some knowledge from the “ Access Considerations for Birding Locations ” page on the Birdability website and some research, I twice visited the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge near Portland, Oregon with accessibility in mind. A 5% grade is steeper than I thought, but research suggests that 5% is acceptable.
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Montana is Owl Country
10,000 Birds
MARCH 9, 2012
This year, that award was presented to Denver Holt , a Montana scientist and bird guide and thus, if I may be presumptuious, my homeboy. Holt founded the Owl Research Institute , an organization that focuses on long-term studies of a variety of species of owls, as well as their prey species and environments. Why Ninepipes?
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158 Crested Serpent Eagle
10,000 Birds
JULY 29, 2017
FRIM (Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia) is open to the public who come to bathe in waterfalls, cycle, walk, picnic and attend educational events, but most of this takes part in a small section close to the entrance. But this post will feature a Crested Serpent Eagle which presented itself irresistibly on a perch beside the road.
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Rancho Naturalista Lodge, Costa Rica, or in the Land of Coffee and Chocolate
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2022
campus gardens – the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre, located 3 km east of the town of Turrialba. Daniel the driver was way smarter, finding the only shadowy spot next to the D-Max. Since I wanted to buy some genuine tastes of Costa Rica, we continued to C.A.T.I.E. A group (maybe 4-5 ex.)
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231 The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2012
The Kirtland’s Warbler is divided into three sections: The Past, The Present, The Future. Previously, even researchers had problems getting access to nesting Kirtland’s Warblers. photo by Lynn C. Jackson, 2012. Most of the chapters are in the first two sections; the future is a brief, open question.
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“They fly and fly until there’s no more ocean to fly over” — a review of the book “Shearwater”
10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2021
candidates and other seabird field researchers; and crusty boatsmen, some clued-in and some clueless, who guide him in various latitudes. 2: There is a band of some renown, an indie rock band, called Shearwater, whose lead singer has written a book to be reviewed on this site presently. Stay tuned.]
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Europeans Continue to Search for Alternatives to Animal Research.Why Not Americans?
Critter News
NOVEMBER 11, 2009
At a conference in Brussels, Belgium on 6 November, European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen, and Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik restated the EU's commitment to the reduction of animal testing. Tags: europe animal research drug companies medical research.
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Birding Shanghai in March 2023
10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2023
Of course, this factoid should be presented with a photo of a male, not a female rosefinch. In truth, it is present in many parts of China (not mentioned) but not really in Tibet. I am not sure how it is in male opera singers – do older singers sing longer? Alas, it seems they were already gone from Tianmashan in March.
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Far From Land: The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
MARCH 6, 2018
This is essentially a survey of ornithological marine research told in the voice of one of its most passionate and experienced participants. Mostly, as you can probably tell from the last paragraph, I learned how a marine ornithologist thinks, and how challenging this research can be.
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The Incredulous New Caledonian Crows
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
A number of research projects have sought to determine if some of these human brain abilities are found in other animals. And most recently, a team of researchers from New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Austria have demonstrated that New Caledonian Crows understand UCAs. But that’s another story. Here’s the idea.
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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2015
Barker, and Carroll Henderson is a well-researched, copiously illustrated, engaging study of bird feeding practices, personalities, inventions marketing, and companies that developed in the United States from the late 19th century to the present day, with a little bit of Canada, Europe, and South America thrown in. Baicich, Margaret A.
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