Critter News
APRIL 8, 2010
The steeply declining number of whales in the world's oceans is causing the remaining creatures to suffer loneliness and 'lose the will the live', a leading expert has claimed. But now a French scientist has said the majestic mammals - which can reach 80ft in length and weigh the same as a passenger jet - could also suffer from heartbreak.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
[link] Duncan Mar 14th, 2011 at 11:20 pm My boss from Tern has let me know that Laysan apparently suffered “significant loss of wildlife and some damage and loss of infrastructure and equipment.&# It could have been worse, and for the people on the coast of Japan it certainly was.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2012
Already stuck with virtually colorless warblers they also suffer from a paucity of nuthatches. The Nuthatch , which only visiting birders refer to as an Eurasian Nuthatch , is found throughout temperate Europe and Asia from Portugal to Japan. Pity the poor European birders.
10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2022
Where it is not – for example, in Japan – it will have difficulties finding a partner to mate. But maybe that is actually a good thing. According to Couzens, after laying the eggs, females sometimes immediately abandon their first mate and pair up with another male. Of course, on Chongming, the Chinese Pond Heron is very common.
Animal Ethics
MARCH 11, 2007
Horses slaughtered in America today go not to feed the poor and the hungry but to satisfy the esoteric palates of wealthy diners in Europe and Japan. To the Editor: Why would publicizing the ill treatment of slaughter-bound horses detract from the “undue suffering of other food animals,” as Christa Weil suggests?
10,000 Birds
MAY 27, 2024
The eBird author of the entry on the Common Redpoll apparently suffers from winter depression, asking readers to “listen for their [the redpolls] chattering calls ringing through the desolate winter landscape” No winter wonderland for this depressed writer.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
The Red-flanked Bluetail is also the subject of an otherwise relatively unremarkable paper , but it uses the interesting term “autumn obesity” Maybe this Marsh Sandpiper also suffers from autumn obesity? The Eurasian Hobby was another notable raptor of the month.
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