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West Virginia University to Build Animal Research Lab

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million dollar research lab. Why would this West Virginia University project be the recipient of federal stimulus money? And research for drug development, which means more MONEY and JOBS! From West Virginia Metro News. Thanks to your tax dollars, federal stimulus money is being used to build a $14.5

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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

candidates and other seabird field researchers; and crusty boatsmen, some clued-in and some clueless, who guide him in various latitudes. (But there is, apparently, and thanks to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, some good news on the rat front in that part of the world.).

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Why You Should See The Big Year When It Opens

10,000 Birds

Money will spill over to sponsor research projects, money to support nature centers, money to fund education. The bird artist who would like to make a decent living will be able to better compete against the few bird artists currently remaining financially successful. The revenues for every aspect of our lives will increase.

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Charles Harper’s Birds & Words: A Review of a Classic Reborn

10,000 Birds

I write ‘focus-on-the-birds’ because it is highly probable that Harper had drawn birds before, but not in a highly focused manner that involved research, which he engaged in very seriously, and observation of bird behavior. A tradition was born.

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Bird Sex Voyeurs

10,000 Birds

A few weeks ago I joined a group of bird lovers to go out to a little clearing in the woods of West Virginia and watch the skydance of the American Woodcock. I think it would make a fascinating research study.

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

Animal Ethics

Researchers have also learned that the cancer-causing chemicals that form in beef as it cooks also tend to form in chicken. Unfortunately, switching from red meat to chicken does not help very much. Chicken actually has just as much cholesterol as beef (about 100 milligrams of cholesterol in a 4-ounce serving) and almost as much fat.

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