10,000 Birds
APRIL 25, 2012
You’ll need to find yourself an albatross. Gratuitous Black-browed Albatross photo ( Thalassarche melanophrys ) not engaging in dancing Albatrosses are the longest lived of an already long lived order of birds, the petrels, and are in fact among the longest lived of all birds. So what is going on?
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Doug Futuyma believes in science and in the scientific basis of evolution. How Birds Evolve: What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity by Douglas J. This isn’t a bad thing, it’s just a very different kind of book than popular books about bird behavior, which rely on story as much as science.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2022
These have been used by meteorologists, technicians, and researchers who spend about 13 months on the island at a time researching a variety of sciences. About half of all breeding Wandering Albatross nest on the Prince Edward Islands. Yellow-nosed Albatross. Wandering Albatross. Mouse-free Marion!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 21, 2014
First up is a paper appearing in the new issue of the journal Science. Not to be outdone, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a report linking phytoplankton, krill, Southern Ocean seabirds, and–believe it or not–climate change. It’s a headline-writer’s dream!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 9, 2011
I saw one once, in Chicago, and simply thought it was beautiful.) - A Laysan Albatross was found dead on Midway Atoll, its carcass full of ingested plastic objects, including toothbrushes, cigarette lighters, and bottle tops. -
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 8, 2020
Guiding aside, Howell is a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences and the author of many books, including Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America (Princeton). Howell and Fabrice Schmitt: both of them are international bird tour leaders with WINGS.
10,000 Birds
JULY 30, 2014
In Hawaii I stood on a beach as albatrosses fledged and Tiger Sharks prowled for the less successful ones. There is no feeling in the world like knowing your helping something you care about, whether its sharks or puffins, protecting forests or reefs, advancing science or communities. This Laysan Albatross died from ingested plastic.
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