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South Dakota Governor Wants Livestock Research Facility

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This looks like its for farming of livestock, not medical research, but that's bad too. Research on animals is research on animals. Mike Rounds wants a biotech animal research facility built in South Dakota. From the High Plains Journal. The Argus Leader reports that Rounds announced Sept.

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The Elusive Goal of Bird-Safe Skyscrapers

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” That’s because an American architecture firm is planning what’s billed as the “world’s first invisible building” in South Korea. In the meantime, research into ways to make buildings safer for birds is ongoing. Or perhaps I should say “illusive.”

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Ruppy the glowing puppy

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They do their work at the Seoul National University in South Korea. Dogs often are used in research for narcolepsy, certain cancers and blindness. The team of scientists are hopeful that the creation of fluorescent puppies will help aid further research in human diseases.

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Birding Chongming Island in summer

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If you are a person who enjoys analyzing the stuff regurgitated by bird chicks, you probably wish to have participated in a study looking at the diet of Yellow Bitterns in South Korea. This Cattle Egret has just read a paper stating that it would be 3.6 times more efficient in its foraging if there were cows around.

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Birding Shanghai in April 2023

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It seems to me that the Red-billed Starling is getting more and more common in Shanghai (and apparently also in South Korea, see here ) – not bad given that it is quite an attractive bird. Both eBird and the HBW agree that the Black-collared Starlin g is a large starling though.

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