Posts
- New fossil footprints suggest that the giant extinct Diatryma was a herbivore rather than a carnivore. The footprints lacked any sign of the large talons that are typical of predatory birds.
- Several studies have shown that birds change their songs in response to the ambient noise in urban areas. In many cases, the birds adjust their pitch upward. A recent study found that Vermilion Flycatchers in urban areas sing longer songs than their rural counterparts.
- Among wild Orange-fronted Conures, each individual has their own contact call. Each bird responds more readily when other birds mimic their individual contact calls, so such mimicry can serve as a conversation starter.
- Emperor Penguins rest on sea ice during foraging trips at sea.
- Early bird ancestors most likely had trouble with powered flight, but their wings were useful for gliding from tree to tree.
- Wild New Jersey: New Jersey Moths: Buck Hunting (Buck Moths That Is)
- Flickr Blog: Frost-touched leaves
- The Scicurious Brain: Nematode Lovin’: Nematocin
- 10,000 Birds: American Crows Mobbing A Great Horned Owl
- Sibley Guides: Can you find the Cackling Goose?
- Birding Is Fun!: Odd Black Skimmer Behavior
- Worldwide greenhouse gas emissions hit a record high in 2011.
- Anyone 27 or younger has never experienced a colder-than-average month.
- Here are some things that Obama can do about climate change even without Congress's cooperation.
- Marco Rubio indulges in some anti-science pandering on the subject of the age of the Earth. His pander is in line with recent conservative trends, which include installing climate change denialists on the House Committee on Space, Science, and Technology.
- A USDA Wildlife Services employee posted a series of photos to Facebook depicting wildlife cruelty. The incident has led to renewed calls for reforming the federal agency.
- Conservationists have rebuilt the population of Snake River Sockeye to 2500 fish in 20 years through a captive breeding project.
- Norway wants to cull its wolf population further, even though it has at most a few dozen wolves.
