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Meet the world’s largest canary.

5 April 2017 grant 0

New Scientist heads to São Tomé to get up close with the island’s grosbeak – a really big bird:

Now it turns out the species was also misidentified, and it is actually the largest

… Read the rest “Meet the world’s largest canary.”

Bats have more to say than you think.

30 December 2016 grant 0

Nature delves into the surprising intricacies of bat language:

Bats are noisy creatures, especially in their crowded caves, where they make calls to their neighbours. “If you go into a

… Read the rest “Bats have more to say than you think.”

SONG: “Tiny Reindeer”

24 December 2016 grant 0

SONG: “Tiny Reindeer”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Reindeer are shrinking, because of warmer arctic temperatures ,” Science, 11 Dec 2016, as used in the post “Reindeer… Read the rest “SONG: “Tiny Reindeer””

Reindeer have been shrinking since 1994.

15 December 2016 grant 0

Science reports on a reindeer study that’s been running a lot longer than this Christmas season. Researchers in the Arctic have found that reindeer have lost an average of 12% of their… Read the rest “Reindeer have been shrinking since 1994.”

Now you can count them before they’re hatched.

9 September 2016 grant 0

Or at least sex them. Yes, so, if you’re not up on your poultry husbandry, sexing chickens is a big thing – an enormous thing. Girl chickens grow up to lay eggs. Boy chickens –… Read the rest “Now you can count them before they’re hatched.”

Scientists track elusive badger-cow encounters.

8 August 2016 grant 0

Nature goes out to the country to track the spread of TB (an unpleasant and expensive disease) by looking at how badgers meet cows… or really really don’t:

Since 2013, the UK’s

… Read the rest “Scientists track elusive badger-cow encounters.”

Eastern cougar: Extinct, officially.

15 June 2016 grant 0

The CBC – and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – are confirming what scientists have suspected for a long time… that the Eastern cougar subspecies can be taken off the… Read the rest “Eastern cougar: Extinct, officially.”

Leaping Electric Eels!

7 June 2016 grant 0

Science Daily reports on a not-terrifying-at-all accidental discovery, that electric eels are perfectly capable of jumping out of the water to deliver a lethal dose of electricity when… Read the rest “Leaping Electric Eels!”

More orangutans than we thought.

7 March 2016 grant 0

BBC has hope for the wild men of the woods. A new population study has found more than double the number of Sumatran orangutans as expected:

The latest estimate puts the population at about

… Read the rest “More orangutans than we thought.”

Science Art: Maladieu du Cheval, by François Robichon de la Guérinière.

3 January 2016 grant 0

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A horse, looking well.

From Manuel vétérinaire, ou traité sur les Maladies du Cheval, et sur les remédes qu’on doit employer pour les Guerir, a veterinary guide … Read the rest “Science Art: Maladieu du Cheval, by François Robichon de la Guérinière.”

There’s a new giant tortoise species in the Galapagos.

22 October 2015 grant 0

Science Daily reports that where scientists had thought there was only one kind of giant tortoise, there were actually two. Two kinds of giant tortoise living side by side:

The discovery

… Read the rest “There’s a new giant tortoise species in the Galapagos.”

Polar bears might make it after all.

9 September 2015 grant 0

Science Daily hails a new study that finds even in an iceless, seal-less Arctic, the polar bear might be able to survive:

As climate change accelerates ice melt in the Arctic, polar bears

… Read the rest “Polar bears might make it after all.”

Science Art: Her Majesty’s Cochins; Imported in 1843, published 1904.

2 August 2015 grant 0

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These are ostensibly Cochin chickens, or forerunners of what we’d call Cochins today. They’re a breed with a *lot* of character, and are uniquely suited,… Read the rest “Science Art: Her Majesty’s Cochins; Imported in 1843, published 1904.”

Science Art: Paper Wings, by Nicole Frost.

21 June 2015 grant 0

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These are paper sculptures of birds’ wings – four specific categories of birds’ wings. As explained by their creator:

This is my paper sculpture of

… Read the rest “Science Art: Paper Wings, by Nicole Frost.”

We don’t have to protect the Eastern Cougar any more. There aren’t any left.

18 June 2015 grant 0

The Guardian has more on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s official extinction verdict:

The agency said on Tuesday the four-year review, which included information from 21 states

… Read the rest “We don’t have to protect the Eastern Cougar any more. There aren’t any left.”

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