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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2011
But one of the most important aspects of these advances in new-age birding is the fact that they have grown hand-in-hand with the almost exponential growth in citizen science. Citizen science is a term used for the systematic collection and analysis of data and the dissemination of such data by researchers on a primarily voluntary basis.
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. Futuyma is a synthesis of theory and research about evolution and birds. I needed to read some sections more than once to get the gist.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
The potpourri covers some interesting bird related science of the last few weeks, and the promise is this: I’ll get to that other stuff soon, I promise! Researchers are wondering if the die-off might spread to other birds or even fish. This is not something I needed to tell you but there is some new research.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
What if, however, you want to nab a group of shorebirds that will scurry or take flight at the merest approach? That’s just what researchers on Cape Cod in Massachusetts are using–a cannon-fired net. Let’s hope the netted birds provide more information that points researchers to solutions. Their goal?
10,000 Birds
JULY 15, 2015
.” But here I’m using it because someone ELSE used it … the Bird 10K project is an effort to do the whole DNA thing they do on groups of species on the whole mess of 10K (or more) birds. … …The phylogeny of birds has been one of the most challenging vertebrate groups to decipher.
10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2023
It could easily be mistaken for a book about aviation or space navigation or even a flight simulator game if you don’t read the long, adjective-filled subtitle: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration. THIS IMAGE NOT IN THE BOOK. Schulman, 2023.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 19, 2014
There is a fantastic paper just out in Science : “Sustained miniaturization and anatomoical innovation in the dinosaurian anceestors of birds” by Michael Lee, Andrea Cau, Darren Naishe and Gareth Dyke. Whales emerge from within the larger group of mammals that includes cattle, deer, pigs, camels, with camels being the most deeply rooted. (So
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