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. Received this today from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Excellent news!
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2011
A squirrel skittered by … a squirrel is not a bird. For instance, I can lay my hands on data for primates and rodents (because I’ve collected those data for research) but I don’t have comparable data for bovids (just selected data) and zero data for birds (in spreadsheets on my computer).
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 7, 2019
Kibale Forest NP–Primate Lodge. Squirrel Cuckoo – Piaya cayana. 28 Nov 2019. Musk Duck – Biziura lobata. 28 Nov 2019. Green-throated Sunbird – Chalcomitra rubescens. 27 Nov 2019. Chubb’s Cisticola – Cisticola chubbi. UG-Hoima-Kabarole (0.6541,30.2827). 27 Nov 2019. 10 Nov 2019. 10 Nov 2019.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 15, 2015
Ghana has the dubious distinction of being the first country to have lost a major primate species since the Convention on Biological Diversity came into force: Miss Waldron’s Red Colobus was declared extinct in 2000 due to forest destruction. Between 1990 and 2010, Ghana lost 33.7%
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