The Economic Impact of Birding on National Wildlife Refuges: Creating Local Jobs

2 monthes ago | 10,000 Birds

Every few years, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service attempts to calculate the economic contribution of National Wildlife Refuge visitation to local communities. The most recent...
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Video: Shark Attack on Dog Prompts Pack to Spring Into Action

3 monthes ago | iHeart Dogs

You can almost hear the music in the background. Dun dun...dun dun! Thank you Steven Spielberg for terrifying beachgoers throughout the years with the 1970's hit Jaws. Seeing a...
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What is a “Nonessential Experimental” California Condor?

4 monthes ago | 10,000 Birds

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed reintroducing California Condors in the Pacific Northwest. Although sometimes thought of a bird of the Southwest, the...
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Roxie and The Feather Lab

4 monthes ago | Ornithology

Roxie Laybourne at the Smithsonian Part of my job as a professor and ornithologist was managing the university's vertebrate museum. Students and faculty used stuffed specimens...
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Amazing Dog Swimming 135 Miles from Land Rescued by Oil Rig Workers

5 monthes ago | iHeart Dogs

Imagine this. You're working on an oil rig about 135 miles off the coast of Thailand. You're in the middle of the ocean going about your day when you notice something...
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Australian Pelicans

6 monthes ago | 10,000 Birds

Australian Pelicans - Pelecanus conspicillatus are easily observed at the Broome Poo Ponds as they roost on the banks of the ponds. The Australian Pelicans really can't be...
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The European sea bass: a key marine fish model in the wild and in aquaculture

7 monthes ago | Animal Genetics

Summary The European sea bass is a marine fish of key economic and cultural importance in Europe. It is now more an aquaculture than a fisheries species , although modern...
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Fun with Fish Crows

7 monthes ago | 10,000 Birds

Over the last couple of weeks Fish Crows have flooded back into New York City, early harbingers of spring, and those that stuck around have become much more vocal, meaning that...
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Catching Monster Fish in the Hudson River

7 monthes ago | Tufts University

Anne, second from left, helps to hold a female Atlantic sturgeon weighing about 190 pounds. Anne Christian, MCM'17 Externship Experience with New York State Department of...
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Bird Litigation: Is the Golden-cheeked Warbler Still Endangered?

7 monthes ago | 10,000 Birds

The striking Golden-cheeked Warbler nests only in the hills of central Texas near Austin but a substantial part of those breeding grounds have leveled in favor of development...
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