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| Northern Harrier / Photo credit: Doug Racine/USFWS |
- Snowy Owls have migrated into the northeastern U.S. in large numbers this fall. You can use this eBird tool to get a sense of the scale of the irruption.
- Bird deaths at Ivanpah were down to 11 from 52 in October. Two of the birds from November had signs of scorching, an injury likely caused by the method Ivanpah uses to generate solar energy.
- Cooperative breeders are better at repelling brood parasites like cuckoos, but their cooperative breeding systems also make them better parents for the chicks of brood parasites.
- Fossil evidence suggests that the kiwi evolved in Australia and that its closest living relative is the emu.
- Acrobatic displays like those of Golden-collared Manakins do not use as much energy as one might expect.
- Woodpeckers may be able to slow the spread of the emerald ash borer.
- An Emperor Penguin colony found in 2012 may have as many as 15,000 penguins.
- New estimates suggest that the Giant Moa weighed about 14% less than generally thought.
- Researchers measured the population densities for four species of hornbills in northeastern India.
- The Bar-tailed Godwit should be able to adapt its migration timing to climate change.
- WolfeNotes: D&R Canal Commission Rejects DEP Bull’s Islands Tree Cut Plan
- LepScience: The Smallest Butterflies Are Some of The Toughest! Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)
- Tetrapod Zoology: A new living species of large mammal: hello, Tapirus kabomani!
- Myrmecos: How to identify the bullet ant, Paraponera clavata
- Flickr Blog: Bee portraits like you’ve never seen before
- Hidden New Jersey: Deck the Hook with boughs of holly
- Bug Eric: Eastern Cicada Killer
- Outside My Window: Success Through Nepotism
- All About Birds: How to Plan a Birding Day Trip With eBird Hotspot Explorer
- Europe will ban some types of deep-sea trawling, but not all of it.
- This November was the hottest November on record since 1880.
- Climate change is likely to be a major problem for the desert tortoise.
- A judge approved a settlement that will help fund cleanup of the lower Passaic River.
