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European Money Goes to Alternative Testing Research

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A substantial fund of EUR50 million (US$74 million) is being offered to European research teams to develop alternatives to animal testing for cosmetics and related industries.

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Save the Painted Bunting, y’all: Keep wonder alive

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Here’s what we knew about the Painted Bunting up until about 2010: 1. So, what have we learned since 2010, and why is a Painted Bunting split up for discussion now? Genetic divergence between the eastern (coastal) and western populations had been hypothesized but not tested until her study. Photo by Andy Morffew.

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Extreme Digiscoping: Flashing Little Owls

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flash guns set up and ready for action By the time night fell, everything was perfectly in position, lighting tests carried out, and the focus adjusted to the position in which the Little Owl should be when it crosses the infra-red sensor.

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Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

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These Blasts From The Past Relying on the Kindness of Birders (and Reflecting on the Muckrace) Coromandel and Miranda Our Top 10 Birding Moments of 2010 Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of December 2010? Exodus: The Migration of Saw-whet Owls in North America.Or 5 Responses to “Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

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Birding the Danzhou Bay area (Hainan, China) by day

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Covid turned out not to be too much of a hindrance – I had to show a negative PCR test upon arrival on Hainan from Shanghai, and while many Chinese hotels currently do not accept foreigners, I could leave this issue to my guide. Fortunately, they are by now fairly used to dealing with a mediocre birder like me.

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More Bad Press for BP

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This article talks about how BP skipped some testing of cement linings hours before the explosion occured. Tags: oil drilling British Petroleum 2010 oil spill pollution. In this article, they admit they underestimated the scope of the oil slick. These cement linings were basically the well's seal.

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New Podcast for Week Ending February 13, 2009

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In this week’s podcast ending February 13, 2010: **Britain’s Ministry of Defense defends its use of pigs as subjects in explosives testing; **an elephant expert argues for the closing of the elephant exhibit at the Toronto Zoo; **the State of Hawaii seeks to toughen penalties for dog fighting; **Animal rights groups protest the Canadian seal hunt in (..)

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