10,000 Birds
MARCH 30, 2015
(That impressive number is a testament to the exponential advances in DNA-sequencing technology, but the researchers are quick to note it’s still less than 1% of the total genome.). They found no DNA variation that distinguishes Hoary Redpolls from Common Redpolls.
10,000 Birds
MAY 10, 2015
You see, it clearly resembles a hybrid between the Spanish and the House Sparrow, and an ancient hybrid event was long suspected to be the source of its existence – with recent research indicating that apparently this isn’t the case after all.
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Critter News
OCTOBER 6, 2008
"Our results paint a bleak picture of the global status of mammals worldwide," the team led by Jan Schipper of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature in Gland, Switzerland, concluded. "We The findings were being released Monday at the IUCN meeting in Barcelona, Spain.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2018
It turned out Raphael Nussbaumer is a keen ornithologist who just completed his PhD in Lausanne (Switzerland). research papers). Thanks to my research on eBird, I was expecting to find them there, but it was still a great surprise to see so many and hear them so well! The “ping” call of Bearded T**s are always a delight to hear.
Critter News
OCTOBER 28, 2010
The group had targeted about 40 firms as part of an international conspiracy to force the closure of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), an animal research laboratory based near Cambridge. Some employees from firms in Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland had "puppy killer" and "scum" daubed on their houses. From Reuters.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2012
We now know a lot more, and the following information is largely based on the excellent work of our local bird data compiler Armin Konrad , who was amongst the first to notice the die-off in the first place and was also instrumental in coordinating the surveys and research that finally led to the identification of the culprit!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2024
Quite possibly, this laughingthrush is now locally extinct in Switzerland or at least in Basel. It is a bit worrying that while the Basel Zoo is listed by Google as having a page on the Red-tailed Laughingthrush , that page itself does not seem to exist anymore, and the species is not listed among the inhabitants of the aviary of the zoo.
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