Critter News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

I really believe the more people learn about what research animals go through, the more common decency becomes a factor. But how many animal research supporters (non-scientists) actually step into a room and observe an experiment? Tags: animal experimentation UK europe research alternatives medical research.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

In the meantime, research into ways to make buildings safer for birds is ongoing. The latest edition of Science News delves into the work of scientists studying this problem. An “invisible” building sounds infinitely more dangerous; let’s hope the architects have a plan to stave off bird fatalities.

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Critter News

JUNE 9, 2009

Animal Person , someone who is clearly smarter than me, has a great analysis about the recent "Pepper" series in Slate about animal research. At least he didn't try to make me feel happy or warm and fuzzy about animal research. By the end of my time as researcher, I was performing behavioral experiments on humans.

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Critter News

MARCH 6, 2010

million dollar research lab. And research for drug development, which means more MONEY and JOBS! And research for drug development, which means more MONEY and JOBS! The laboratory will be used to study human diseases and treatments. Tags: west virginia university animal research Obama tax dollars us.

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Critter News

JANUARY 25, 2010

Last Monday (January 18, 2010), this country reached a milestone with regard to animal research when a booklet on the ‘Guidelines for Ethics Review of Research Proposals Involving Animals in Sri Lanka’, was launched at a simple ceremony held at the Colombo Medical Faculty presided over by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo, Prof.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2024

” A group of nine researchers published a paper titled “Exploring the fecal microbiome of the Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)” Makes you wonder what they talked about during their lunch breaks. But while humans mainly try to stay slim and fit for health reasons, Eurasian Siskins care more about the danger of being eaten.

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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. Perhaps it was a necessary “evil.”

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It’s all about the improbable intersection of human beings and Emperor Penguins, and if I can’t make it to an Emperor Penguin colony (highly unlikely), reading this book has been the next best thing. It’s part memoir, part travelogue, part scientific narrative, part prologue to making an argument for Antarctic conservation.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

Bird communication is a complex and evolving science. The six chapters that follow explore bird communication in mating; defending territory; rearing children; responding to predators; interacting with neighbors and functioning in large groups; and communicating successfully in a noisy human world. There is so much here!

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology. Beagle , pt.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Having warned to her theme she introduces her villain of the piece, the AMNH researcher Chris Filardi, who collected a kingfisher. Throughout his professional career, Chris has maintained a commitment to bridging his research interests with grassroots conservation. How it is being affected by human intrusions? Science Schmience.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2013

Also, as researcher Rufus Johnstone of the University of Cambridge notes, “The question I come away with is whether it’s possible to distinguish between blackmail and honest signalling of hunger.” In other bird science news, we should be concerned about waterfowl in China.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

However, we now know that human ancestors became upright first, and were bipedal for millions of years before they started to use tools extensively, and then another million years went by before their brains started to evolve a significantly larger size. One part of this question can be answered with some very interesting recent research.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

That’s the finding of researchers from the University of Sheffield in the UK, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. (If If you’re feeling particularly science-y, the full paper is here.). This differs from humans and other mammals, in which the addition of extra sperm essentially destroys the egg.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2015

Science is fairly well established that yawning can spread like wildfire among groups of humans, as well as a few other mammals. New research suggests that the phenomenon of contagious yawning can also be seen in birds. (Our first victim appears to be the Ring-billed Gull above, photographed by Corey.)

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The task of wrestling this topic down into something that the human mind can manage, without losing sight of the big picture because it’s snowing in Buffalo, is likely to be the task of a lifetime for many science communicators. Few issues of our day are as huge, in scope or in implication, as climate change.

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SalesFuel

JULY 18, 2024

In modern selling, with the fusion of technology and humanity a certain balanced integration is essential. Consequently, the right questions posed at the optimal time can capture the human essence of connection, empathy and trust. Likewise, a keen EQ will help you comprehend the buyer’s emotions and motivations.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Here's a site for kids to program them to become "the next generation of laboratory animal science professionals." the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science Foundation. Also, it's a great way to get girls interested in science! Talk about an unholy alliance.beef and medical research.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

If you have always wondered what the minimum anesthetic concentration for isoflurane and sevoflurane for the Crested Serpent-eagle is, science has an answer. The breeding ecology of the Yellow-bellied Warbler was actually studied exactly here at Nonggang in 2019 by 3 Chinese researchers. Glad I did not have to watch these.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

Way back when I started what turned out to be my thesis research (on humans), it became important for me to learn about bird migration. I was involved in the study of human movement and navigation on land, and there was a lot of research coming out about bird navigation. Itcher birds, migratory members of the tern family.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

It’s human nature to choose something that doesn’t align with our desires. Researchers across the world have used the same approach with other groups to replicate the results. In other words, part of the human condition includes the inability to identify what will make us happy and therefore what motivates us. Register here.

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Critter News

MARCH 21, 2012

But I want to be able to argue about it intelligently, citing science, not just morals. Apparently, there is a lot of argument out there than animal experimentation is even good for humans. A drug may work on an animal, but fail miserably on a human. Drugs are not always predictable from human to human even.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

These two islands are about halfway between the tip of South Africa and Antarctica in the Subantarctic Indian Ocean, have had relatively few human visitors, and are primarily inhabited with some of the rarest seabirds in the world and a smaller number of mammals. Which makes it a haven for seabirds….and and seabirders.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. That’s right – birds eating clay. Scarlet and Blue-and-Yellow Macaws Ara macao and A. Chestnut-fronted Macaws Ara severa.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2011

You’d think, then, that applying science to philosophy by studying the evolutionary underpinnings of thought and behavior across species would be right up my alley. I would have liked to see far more examples of moral structures that would not look good or bad to the audience’s eyes but completely orthogonal to human morality.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2016

(A press release about the study likened the contrast to “the differences between humans with and without freckles.”) Genetic differences in throat color illustration by Liz Clayton Fuller/Bartels Science). On the opposite end of the spectrum is new research considering Yellow-rumped Warblers. But do keep an eraser handy.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2024

Given the men some women choose, it seems these results are directly transferable to humans as well. ” Researchers studying these birds must be grateful for camera traps – one study using such traps obtained 1.74 In contrast, the courtship behavior of the males did not make much of a difference ( source ).

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Critter News

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Drug and chemical companies say they endorse a Europe-wide initiative intended to eventually end the use of animals in research and safety testing. A report published by a panel of experts from industry, academic institutions and regulatory bodies supports an initiative aimed at finding alternatives to animal research.

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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.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

What I didn’t know was how this relationship actually works: the mechanics of Red Knot migration, the reduced digestive systems necessary for their long flighta, the need to fatten up quickly so they can fly to the Arctic and breed, how they compete with other shorebirds and gulls and, it turns out, humans, for horseshoe crab eggs.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2024

Shorebird identification takes time and is often stressful, there’s heat glare and bugs and drones and dogs and humans. 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.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

The research project, led by Jack Bergman of McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate in Belmont, Mass., was one of 12 awarded radiobiology research grants through NASA's Human Research Program, the space agency announced October 27. Of what benefit is this to humanity in the here and now?

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Her letter to the Indian research facility is pretty distressing. Former Baywatch star and model Pamela Anderson has accused one of India's most prestigious research centres of animal cruelty, urging it to retire decades-old test monkeys and adopt humane practices. Sounds like she watched a harsh video.

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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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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 10, 2018

AI can diagnose diseases faster than human doctors. At its most basic level, AI is the branch of computer science that deals with making computers behave like humans. At its most basic level, AI is the branch of computer science that deals with making computers behave like humans. So, what is AI?

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2016

In humans, adults (probably mainly mothers) do this thing called “motherese” which is talking in a way one would normally not talk to another adult, to a baby. Research done quite a while back suggests that this is adaptive. Researchers have been studying song learning in birds for some time. Nord, and S.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 14, 2010

The purpose of her trip was to study the behavior of the resident chimpanzees in order to better understand humans. It was through her research that she learned how chimpanzees make and use tools, eat meat and engage in war-like activity. What she learned then added to our understanding of what means to be human.

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