Critter News
OCTOBER 17, 2009
The group was formed to protest the activities of Huntingdon Life Sciences in Franklin Township, N.J. Huntingdon used mostly mice and rats , but also some dogs, monkeys, fish and guinea pigs , in its research in New Jersey.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 25, 2013
It is a true rail ; and besides this there is nothing specifically like it known to science, although it may be that certain rails living on islands in the Pacific Ocean may have sprung from the same original stock. The bird will therefore now be known as. Atlantisia Rogersi.
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Animal Person
JUNE 8, 2009
For those who didn't read the five-part Slate series " Pepper, the stolen dog who changed American science " by Daniel Engber , I recommend it for the history, but also for the misconceptions and assumptions that you might want to discuss on the Facebook discussion about the series. Let's deconstruct: Part I: Where's Pepper?
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 27, 2023
In short, I truly believe that there still are, maybe not plenty but a good number of species that to this day go unnoticed to the scientific eye, but are surely known to the indigenous peoples (the best example is the newly discovered giant rat from the Solomon Islands). The Cocha Antshrike was one of these species not long ago.
10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2011
You’d think, then, that applying science to philosophy by studying the evolutionary underpinnings of thought and behavior across species would be right up my alley. I love grappling with big ideas, but dislike the tendency to extrapolate endless sky-bridges of thought and constantly redefine terms.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 24, 2021
Turned out the superior hotel did not take foreigners, for whatever reasons – a somewhat inauspicious start to an initiative by the local government to attract foreign birders … In the end, I presented some bird photos to about 150 Chinese kids – me being an odd choice for this task, given that my Chinese is much too poor to describe (..)
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 7, 2019
McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. 23 Nov 2019. 23 Nov 2019.
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