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AAALAC International appoints Dr. Gary Borkowski as CEO
AVMA News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Borkowski will serve as the new CEO of AAALAC International, a nonprofit that promotes the humane treatment of animals in science through voluntary accreditation and assessment programs. Starting in October, Dr. Gary L.
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Potpourri of Amazing Bird Science
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! From Science Daily : Crows have the brain power to solve higher-order, relational-matching tasks, and they can do so spontaneously, according to new research.
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Evidence of earlier humans in Madagascar is unconvincing but interesting
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
There is a virtual flock of new and interesting bird science news all of the sudden, including the rediscovery of an extinct Bahama Nuthatch. It was always thought that humans first inhabited the island of Madagascar about four or five thousand years ago or so. Science did not let us solidify that claim.
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Book Review: Spillover – Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 29, 2014
If you’re feeling fearful or ignorant, well, I can recommend vox.com’s coverage (as in most things), but you could also do worse that picking up Spillover – Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen. The book is about zoonoses, diseases that jump from animals to people.
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Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 15, 2013
The single greatest challenge facing any book of science writing is balance. Otherwise, there would be no science writing, everyone would just go straight to the journals. Nothing keeps a human reader more engaged than a genuine character, and the birds here are exactly that. Pinyon Jay by Dave Menke of the US FWS.
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Christian Science Monitor Calls for Endangered Species Hour
Critter News
MARCH 28, 2010
I like this opinion piece from the Christian Science Monitor which calls for an "Endangered Species Hour." The Christian Science Monitor rightly points out that citizens and consumers need to get involved in endangered species protection, because at the CITES level, it's all about money and international politics.
Why Humans Are the Only Ones with Rights
Critter News
AUGUST 24, 2011
Someone posted a question about why humans have human rights and whether they should considering that others do not. In the matter of science, and there are varying levels of this viewpoint, the human is the most advanced of creatures. I responded. It's not profound, but an opinion. We are made in God's image.
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Quoth the Ravens: We’re Ready for Our Close-up
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2014
Common Ravens tend to avoid nesting around lots of humans. Why else would they build their nest, which already contains two eggs, on the fire escape of the college’s science center? Which is what makes the Ravencam so special, according to Professor Nicholas Rodenhouse, who teaches environmental science and biological sciences.
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Four More Grosbeaks?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 11, 2013
One the one hand, science is awesome. It seemed like a Rubicon for birding in general, and citizen science in particular, if you now need specialized recording equipment to even know what you’re seeing. But that’s not the fault of the science. Citizen science is not dead yet. What’s a birder to think?
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Some thoughts on scientific collecting
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 14, 2015
If you want to know why most scientists support collecting this piece in Science explains it better than I can. I can understand why some people are conflicted, but the value to science of the collections is immense. This collection isn’t some ghastly memorial or symbol of human stupidity. New Zealand Bitterns. Bush Wrens.
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213 Honey, I Shrunk The Dinosaurs!
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. So, for example, humans are apes. The paper that just came out in science has the following spectacular conclusion.
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195 School Burrowing Owls
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2013
It also has one of the highest human population densities in the state. Not surprisingly, this brings Burrowing Owls into close contact with humans across the county. Loss of habitat due to development, disturbance at burrows and negative interactions with humans are some of the threats facing this charismatic species.
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Quick Fall of Light by Sherrida Woodley
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 3, 2012
What if, in turn, the discovery that the species was not truly extinct held the key to saving humanity from another, even more devestating flu outbreak? This is a book that people come to for the plot and the science. I’m ok with fantasy, but not with pseudo-science. But what of that?
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SeaWorld Saves Some Sandhills
10,000 Birds
APRIL 29, 2011
Rather than risk the chick’s imprinting on humans, the team cleverly thought to pair their two charges. SeaWorld vets removed the gasket, and happened to rescue, during the bird’s rehabilitation, a newly hatched Sandhill chick.
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The Elusive Goal of Bird-Safe Skyscrapers
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
The latest edition of Science News delves into the work of scientists studying this problem. Proposed solutions include creating glass with images that reflect ultraviolet light (which many birds can see but humans can’t), or that features dots or stripes barely visible to the human eye.
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The Science of Motivation
Sales and Marketing Management
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
It’s human nature to choose something that doesn’t align with our desires. In other words, part of the human condition includes the inability to identify what will make us happy and therefore what motivates us. You can register for a free webinar by Tim in which he will expand on the science of workplace motivation. Zoltners, A.,
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76 Just like in people, yawning is contagious in birds
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. Apologies in advance for the ridiculous amount of yawns that reading this post will engender. Our first victim appears to be the Ring-billed Gull above, photographed by Corey.) Don’t say you weren’t warned!
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The Best Sales Call Questions are Powered by Outstanding Emotional Intelligence
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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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Review: Winged Sentinels: Birds and Climate Change
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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Every sperm is sacred
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 28, 2015
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. That’s the finding of researchers from the University of Sheffield in the UK, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. (If
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145 Feed me or I’ll die, and possibly take you with me!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 16, 2013
In other bird science news, we should be concerned about waterfowl in China. The new H7N9 bird flu is probably widespread in birds, because it seems to be poking itself into human populations one person at a time over a very large geographical area. But a baby bird on the ground is just annoying, better stuff something in its mouth.
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182 And the Beats Go On…
10,000 Birds
APRIL 19, 2011
Based in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, Greg is a biological anthropologist and Africanist, who writes and teaches about Evolution, especially of humans. One could say that knowing the science of birds can make the birds more interesting. He also blogs at Scienceblogs.com. Greg’s beat is Bird Evolutionary Biology.
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144 COMMENTS ON COLLECTING BIRDS: A Reply
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OCTOBER 28, 2015
How it is being affected by human intrusions? Science doesn’t work that way! Describing the position that Linda took with regards to the validity of the science as dishonest may have been unfair. Science Schmience. Says the prosecution to this: “Can a dead bird educate the researcher on its song?
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Birding Balangshan (tunnel area) in June 2023
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JULY 20, 2023
Humans are not always bad for birds, only about 95% of the time. Sounds a bit like some weird Nazi eugenics experiment to me, but I guess it is just science. Biologists – or as Ze Frank would say, the Science Hippies – call this ecological segregation (e.g.,
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Why Do Penguins Wear Tuxedos?
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. Salas-Gismondi, R., Altamirano, A., Shawkey, M., D’Alba, L., Vinther, J.,
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Birding the Datang area, Yunnan
10,000 Birds
JULY 15, 2024
I usually restrict my unfair jokes to humans. Judging from my experience in the human world, a very predictable result. A weight loss strategy also recommended for humans. ” That seems a bit unfair to me. Plus the sibia apparently plays an important role in the pollination of one endangered rhododendron species ( source ).
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217 Interesting Ads In The Wildlife Industry
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 8, 2012
And can I point out how weird it is to see the word “weapon” applied to wildlife sciences. And the weapons don’t stop there. Here are some modified guns to get birds to move on: Let’s say that you don’t want to capture wildlife but encourage it to go elsewhere.
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Looking at Sunspots!
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 12, 2011
This is what science tells us about sunspots, but you know … science tells sells us lots of things. Taking into consideration the average life span of a human (80 years, more or less) and applying the same to the sun’s life span, the End of Days will be upon us sometime in the year 50,011.
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Introducing Bluebird Man
10,000 Birds
JULY 2, 2013
Perhaps it is the striking beauty of these brilliant blue birds, or perhaps it is the unique human connection we have developed with them through the monitoring of nest boxes. There is something more. I’ve set out to explore these ideas and more in a new documentary film about bluebirds entitled Bluebird Man.
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184 Will Animal Research Ever End?
Critter News
JUNE 5, 2009
Some scientists say it could end in a generation if we pursue the creation of "virtual humans" and living cell banks as research replacements. Tags: animal experimentation animal research medical research science. I just don't understand why.
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Birding Nanhui, Shanghai in November 2021
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Humans, you ought to be ashamed of yourselves. I have to say that the pattern suits the buntings much better than humans, though, and hopefully, it is also more pleasant for them to wear. This species is listed as vulnerable – similar to the Yellow-breasted Buntings, it is trapped on a large scale. Or duck?
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223 Junco Mashup
10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2012
Granted, it’s not always on a scale we can readily appreciate, and we humans are much more attuned to the differences in each other because that’s how we recognize friends, family, and celebrities on the street, but when a bird is even slightly different from the norm, it’s generally the more expected species than the unexpected.
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Growing Number of Scientists Question Animal Research
Critter News
APRIL 4, 2009
The feud between animal rights activists and researchers is among the bitterest in science. But many researchers - although adamant that animal research remains critical to finding cures and expanding medical knowledge - have come to concede that using creatures as human stand-ins is unnecessary for many procedures.
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Climate Change and Birds
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 20, 2011
Long ago I preached the idea that rapid climate change was more important (in a negaive way) than large climate change, and suggested that the Holocene was different from earlier time periods (and thus, for instance, humans invented agriculture and large areas of forest developed, etc.) because the Holocene had little rapid climate change.
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Looking for Books about Animal Experimentation
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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100 Now I'm Really Annoyed
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! It's sponsored by (surprise!) And where did I find this lovely site?
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100 Firebirds and the Future
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
Sometimes it’s hard to know what to think about science reporting on this vast Internet of ours. When you receive a link to an article in the Daily Mail , for instance, your thoughts do not immediately leap to “my god, a ground-breaking, perhaps even mind-blowing advance in the study of avian tool use!”
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Atheists or Believers?
Critter News
OCTOBER 17, 2008
Atheist podcasts I listen to still seem to value humans over animals, just for different reasons. They use science as the basis for superiority which justifies experimentation and other abuses. Humans and animals are not the same, but it's not a matter of soul, but of superior intellect.
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Journeys With Emperors: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguin–A Book Review
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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Another Mass Extinction on the Way?
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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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review
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.
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208 Bird Butts and Other Matters
10,000 Birds
APRIL 15, 2014
There is a bit of science news. At some point perhaps I’ll write up for you how the evolution of humans, specifically the ape-human split, and Galapagos bird evolution are the same thing in this regard. But there were a gazillion of them. Birds Bird evolution character displacement conservation biology mumeration'
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RSPCA Collects 68,000 Signatures Supporting an End to Animal Research
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
The RSPCA collected these signatures leading up to the the 7th World Congress on Alternatives & Animal Use in the Life Sciences in Rome. 68,315 people signed an online RSPCA petition stating "We, the undersigned, call on the British Government to work towards ending the use of animals in experiments, replacing them with humane alternatives.".
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