10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2024

This traditional lifestyle fits well with its unexciting species name of propinqua , meaning something like “related, similar, neighboring” – the kind of name unimaginative scientists give to a new species that looks too boring to merit naming it after some famous ornithologist or rich sponsor.

Vietnam 191

Vietnam Fowl Birds Iran 191

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Ratites, Tinamous, and Fowl. It’s an intriguing proposal — none of these birds had belonged much of anywhere before (heck, bustards were dumped in Gruiformes with cranes and rails) — and it means that birds adapted either to arboreal or to ground-dwelling lifestyles more than once within the clade. Open Jarvis et al.’s

Family 279

Family Parrots 2014 Birds 279

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

2, 2009 To the Editor: While Nicolette Hahn Niman’s article demonstrates our folly in oversimplifying solutions to many of our challenges and offers many viable solutions to sustaining our lifestyles in generations to come, she leaves out one very green practice: hunting and fishing. Stephanie Jenkins Highland Park, N.J.,

New York Times 40

New York Times New York San Antonio Meat 40