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Research on aging a natural fit for One Health approach

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With today’s technological advancements, researchers are calling for a concerted effort to gather big data on aging dogs to benefit not only veterinary care, but also to inform human medicine, as dogs and humans share similar medical conditions as they age

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eBird and Urban Planning: City Green Spaces

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Birders who submit their checklists to eBird likely know that their data may be used to conduct research on avian migration, range, or population. It has also been used by researchers from other fields, such as economists. They also obtained socioeconomic information about neighborhoods. Green spaces may also help reduce stress.

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VERY IMPORTANT POST! Humane Society Launches Whistleblowing Line for Chimpanzee Research

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The Humane Society has launched a confidential whistleblower hotline for employees of chimpanzee research laboratories to anonymously report alleged abuses. Tags: chimpanzees animal research. From the Advertiser. In the areas surrounding the seven remaining U.S. In the areas surrounding the seven remaining U.S.

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Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review

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Signaling theory examines communication between individuals and groups, within and across species, focusing on whether signals–communications containing complex information–are honest or deceptive and how the exchange of these signals impacts the individuals involved and the larger group or groups to which they belong.

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A Birder’s Guide to The Wilderness Act

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And it prohibits human infrastructure, e.g. , roads, buildings, dams, and pipelines, etc. There is also a research institute dedicated to wilderness: the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute is an interagency facility located at the University of Montana.

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The Incredulous New Caledonian Crows

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We know that the human mind has capacities that are not common in other animals. For example, humans have “Theory of Mind” which is not a theory in the scientific sense, but rather, a capacity whereby we have an internal theory of what is going on in other people’s minds. But that’s another story. Here’s the idea. Just eat the food.

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Settlement Forces Animal Research Facilities to Disclose More

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Animal research facilities will be required to disclosee more information online about their experiments under a court settlement signed Wednesday by the Humane Society of the United States and the Agriculture Department. Tags: animal experimentation animal research humane society USDA medical research.