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Pigeons have tiny compasses in their heads

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One researcher tested British school children to see if they could find their way home by driving them blindfolded, in a bus, out into the country and asking them to point their way home. The same researcher then did the same thing but with big magnets strapped to the children’s heads.

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How The Bird Got Its Beak

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So this new research is very interesting, and we applaud the scientists for their work. These researchers carried out two different major efforts that in combination advance our understanding of the evolution of the bird beak. Figuring that out would be a next step in this research, and will likely prove difficult.

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

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Here are ten titles (it could have been more) selected for their uniqueness, excellence in writing and research, and giftability. There is a wealth of information about these marvelous creatures, given via prose essays, and charts, and tables – it’s all quite user-friendly. ” Her book is both informative and fun, a good read.

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A Birder Attends a (Virtual) Ornithology Conference – Part II

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Faaborg was the first in a line of ornithologists who have graciously responded to my emails about their research, in that case leading to a short article on declines of Puerto Rican migratory birds.). The most powerful takeaway for me, however, was not the fascinating information I learned. by Eliza M.

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Texas Tech Allowed to Withhold Info on Animal Testing

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The Texas Attorney General ruled earlier this month that the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center can withhold records of a committee that oversees the use of animals in training and research. Tags: university research animal experimentation animal rescue medical research. I bet there's probably some ugly stuff in those records.

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Why I Question Animal Testing 2.2

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I particularly question the use of chimpanzees in medical research. I recently was escorted through a large primate research laboratory by its director. The director informed me that not only spit is apt to fly in such a situation; and at his urging we retreated. Tags: animal experimentation animal research.

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The Beautiful and Colorful Mourning Dove

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A recent study of a multiyear, peer-reviewed research project, conducted in Texas, indicate dove hunters using shotshells loaded with lead pellets enjoy no advantage in effectiveness over those using shotshells firing non-toxic steel pellets of similar or slightly larger size.

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