Critter News

MARCH 10, 2009

I responded to a post on animalblog that cited a recent article in the journal "Proceedings" of the National Academy of Sciences. Here's my response on medical research in general. I recently had a discussion about medical research using animals. This story on HIV research is one example.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2017

From a three line stub it now has a full article. A couple of articles suggested it may be migratory, in the southern part of its range, but then I found one recent Argentine article that stated categorically that it was in one site. ” I can’t just put this into Wikipedia – it’s original research.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

As reported by the New York Times , the good professor has made a career out of studying interactions between predators and prey, and has lately homed in on birds’ warning signals, sharing a National Science Foundation grant with scientists from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. And recordings of birds’ frantic calls in response to such.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2023

Flight Paths traces the history of migratory research in nine chapters, starting with the earliest attempts to track birds, bird banding/ringing (which she traces back to Audubon), and ending with ‘community science’ projects such as Breeding Bird Surveys and eBird. THIS IMAGE NOT IN THE BOOK. Schulman, 2023.

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Critter News

MARCH 23, 2010

Discouraging article. Tags: UK animal research. According to this interview, he credits animal rights extremists for fueling the public backlash against animal protection.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2015

Science 12 December 2014: 346 (6215), 1253293 [DOI:10.1126/science.1253293]. Research into bird origins provides a premier example of how paleontological and neontological data can interact to reveal the complexity of major innovations, to answer key evolutionary questions, and to lead to new research directions.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2011

It is not an encyclopedia, though it does summarize research, explain basic concepts, and ends with a section on bird statistics. It is a fascinating book that teaches while it entertains, that offers research-informed arguments for bird protection and conservation in the guise of vibrant design. Princeton University Press, 2011.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

More recently, a group of developers petitioned FWS to delist the gnatcatcher because the underlying science was allegedly flawed and the coastal gnatcatcher is not really a distinct subspecies. Zink would suffer professional and reputational injuries because FWS rejected his research, but the court found that inadequate.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Indeed, most of what we knew about Emperor Penguins before Kooyman’s research expeditions was about their breeding behavior and physiology. Kooyman was there to work at McMurdo Station (a large American research station that we hear about throughout the book) as technical assistant on a science mission involving fish.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Birkhead, the experienced storyteller who is also Emeritus Professor at the School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, author of multiple scientific articles as well as books of popular science, knows how to make it readable and fun. Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales. Beagle , pt.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2024

It’s a book that counterpoints and combines facts and personal experiences, science-based and eloquent writing styles, textual description and visual information, a history of abundance and an uncertain future. They are by Karlson, from his years as a research biologist in Alaska, and Ted Swem, a U.S.

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Critter News

MARCH 22, 2011

Here's an article from the Telegraph regarding chickens feeling empathy. The research is from the School of Veterinary Sciences at the University of Bristol. I used to hate chickens as a child and thought they were irritating.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

In an article published online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, UC Berkeley researchers argue that substantial die-offs of amphibians and other plant and animal species add up to a new mass extinction facing the planet. I can't believe we are still debating this.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

” The interlocking wheels of crabs, migration, birds, tides, marsh, beach, fishermen and researchers are described in an unhurried pace in ten chapters. Once used as fertilizer, the crabs are now harvested as bait for common whelk and bled for an extract used in medical research. Rutgers University Press/Rivergate Books, 2012.

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Critter News

MARCH 21, 2012

It's a horrible topic and I post news articles about the abuses from time to time. But I want to be able to argue about it intelligently, citing science, not just morals. And, in this day and age, do we really need to be stuck with this archaic and barbaric method of research? It's essentially a crap shoot.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2012

He writes about how experienced birders think, and how they draw on the sciences of weather, geography, and ecology to analyze where the birds will be. The book is full of references to recommended books , articles, and web sites. Lovitch takes the practice of birding ten steps beyond. On the other hand, this is complicated stuff!

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SalesFuel

MARCH 13, 2024

While you may not have the ability to change your organization … there are some simple, science-backed things you can do." One of the suggestions that Kogan highlights in her article is a simple, easy task. But this acknowledgement, according to research, is crucial to maintaining well-being in sales. Don’t worry.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 7, 2010

The article from UPI is below in its entirety. Drug and chemical companies say they endorse a Europe-wide initiative intended to eventually end the use of animals in research and safety testing. I guess it depends on how much you believe them.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

This is a delightful book, large (8-1/2 by 11 inches), filled with Sibley’s distinctive artwork and an organized potpourri of research-based stories about the science behind bird’s lives. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. As Sibley tells us in the Preface, he originally intended to write a children’s book.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

Each chapter concludes with References, a bibliographic listing of the books, articles, and web pages cited in the text. To an intermediate-level birder like me, the material in Better Birding –highly focused, detailed, based on the latest research and years of field experience– is daunting, but also fascinating.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2024

” However, if you want to read the complete article, the pdf file costs 40 Euros. ” Researchers studying these birds must be grateful for camera traps – one study using such traps obtained 1.74 I am wondering what additional information could possibly be in there. photos per 100 trap nights.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2021

Chapter Two is a potpourri of stories about nemesis birds, birding by ear, birding for science, under the rubric of birding ‘for the love of it.’ ’ What was left to write about? ’ “Is this going to be a collection of essays?” ” I wondered. But, in Chapter Three the book takes on more shape.

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Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

There are many excellent books on issues related to animal research. Know Your Adversary Part of being an effective activist on animal research issues is knowing the arguments in support of animal research. For sleuthing on animal experimentation, you will want to visit a library with good science holdings. Get FOIAed Up!

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This is in addition to the many articles and exhibits and even film devoted to the bird, one of the few species whose death was witnessed and noted down to the exact day, Tuesday, September 1, 1914 (though there is some question about the exact time). This is not that kind of book, as Fuller makes clear from the beginning.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

A few years back, Audubon magazine published a thoughtful article and series of musings (including those of our very own Corey Finger) on the subject of why birds matter. But not everyone sees things through such an avian-positive lens, and hence science often has to make the case for birds’ intrinsic worth.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2018

According to a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study, human-induced climate change has doubled the area affected by forest fires in the western U.S. An excellent Audubon article states “What do birds do when wildfires break out? ” The article goes on to mention that fires are not all bad.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 14, 2010

It was through her research that she learned how chimpanzees make and use tools, eat meat and engage in war-like activity. Founded in 1977, the Jane Goodall Institute continues Dr. Goodall’s pioneering research on chimpanzee behavior—research that transformed scientific perceptions of the relationship between humans and animals.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 22, 2020

To make it happen, you need to apply messaging and design principles from brain science. That’s where these four principles, all backed by brain science, can make all the difference. Research shows that using intense visual stimulus in this way spikes people’s attention and engagement in those moments. Control your message.

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SalesFuel

JUNE 27, 2024

Forbes contributor, Roger Dooley has a knack for ferreting out better business procedures through behavioral science. In this article he features Matt Dixon, author of The Challenger Sale and The J.O.L.T. Method In their research, Dixon discovered that top reps intuitively devised a playbook of their own beyond the status quo option.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

49-50) She is also adept at writing about conservation’s larger context in terms of its history, public policy struggles, and the science behind species re-introduction. Well-researched and footnoted, these sections never feel disconnected from the more personal sections. Endangered. Extinction. Conservation.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2018

One of the most prolific birding writers of our time, specializing in birds of Mexico, hummingbirds, gulls, seabirds, molt, rarities, but not precluding other subjects like a forthcoming guide to birds of Chile, Howell has written and co-written at least 13 books and 35 ornithological articles. Species are useful handles (p. 16, below).”

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Robert Ridgway wrote over 500 articles and 23 books, illustrating many of them himself. This is probably one of the reasons Daniel Lewis,the author,turned from writing a popular biography to a history of ornithology as a science and the ornithologist as a profession. It’s challenging reading.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2015

I would be more apt to accept the science of BBI if the science of hemispheric brain functions was not subject to so much misconceptions and simplification.* I wish Karlson and Rosselet had cited scientific articles explaining the basics of brain psychobiology to support their ideas.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2018

In addition to my monthly posts here, I have also written short pieces and feature articles that rely on bird-related scientific literature. Other papers are locked behind paywalls.) That research ultimately led to an article about the conservation efforts regarding the Laysan Duck in the June 2017 issue of Birding.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 10, 2019

The article identified four components required to achieve SRP: Initiation of a response. Prior to our latest research, apologies had been a reasonably well-studied area. There has been no research to determine the best order for these elements. Response speed. Compensation. What’s the best structure of an apology?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 16, 2019

Further, the landscape is expanding – 81 percent of potential buyers conduct online research prior to purchase, and 30 percent of all ecommerce purchases are from mobile devices. In this article, we’ll examine what a comprehensive omni-channel means, the key aspects of an omni-channel approach, and how to support implementation.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 15, 2019

Luckily for us, Google conducted research on 180 of its own teams over several years to determine what factors create a highly successful team. If you learn one thing from this article, it is that engaged teams need to feel psychologically safe. We hope Google’s research can help. So, what are the best ways to engage a team?

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