13 days ago | 10,000 Birds

How many birders are there in America? For such a simple question, it turns out there are very few solid estimates. Indeed, there appears to be just one and it is cited...
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Expression profiles of growth‐related genes in two Nile tilapia strains and their crossbred provide insights into introgressive breeding effects

17 days ago | Animal Genetics

Summary The Nile tilapia is a prominent farmed fish in aquaculture worldwide. Crossbreeding has recently been carried out between the Red‐Stirling and the wt Chitralada strains...
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Administrative Procedure for Birders: Duck Stamp Rulemaking

26 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Although legislation passed by Congress is more visible, most regulations are issued by the vast federal bureaucracy. For those interested in avian conservation, some knowledge...
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Owls around Delhi

1 month ago | 10,000 Birds

Traveling to Delhi for work last spring, I was not very optimistic about birding there. Still, I contacted a local guide and shot for the moon: “Can you show me any owls”? Much...
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Owls around Delhi

1 month ago | 10,000 Birds

Traveling to Delhi for work last spring, I was not very optimistic about birding there. Still, I contacted a local guide and shot for the moon: “Can you show me any owls”? Much...
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Blog Safari: Zoo Animal Stories

1 month ago | Phoenix Zoo | 4 articles

Zoo Animal Stories Home Donate Now Adopt an Animal Become a Member Zoo Wish List Animal Stories By Sarah Skebba | Trail Experiences Coordinator Mountain Lion In the fall of...
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Foster Puppies Take A Very Good Field Trip To A Closed Aquarium

1 month ago | Huffington Post

Atlanta Humane Society's Odie and Carmel turned the empty Georgia Aquarium into their private puppy playground.
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RECALL ALERT: Botulism Concern With IcelandicPlus Fish Treats

1 month ago | iHeart Dogs

Out of an abundance of caution, Pennsylvania-based company IcelandicPlus has issued a recall of their Capelin dog and cat treats. Per FDA guidelines, fish over 5 inches long...
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Australian Magpies in Victoria

2 monthes ago | 10,000 Birds

Late last year I mentioned the presence of Australian Magpies around Broome. There is a variation in the plumage of Australian Magpies across Australia and as such they looked...
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Gang-gang Cockatoos feeding

3 monthes ago | 10,000 Birds

Just before we left Victoria and returned home to Broome I was doing one of my regular walks from Foster to Fish Creek. I walked up to the look-out, which is about half way...
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