Posts by pinguinus

May 20, 2009

The Mysterious Minds of Urban-Adapted Birds

By pinguinus | Posted on May 20, 2009

A University of Florida study has demonstrated that Northern Mockingbirds can distinguish individual humans and respond to them based on whether they’ve previously been threatened by that specific human.

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May 7, 2009

Zing! - Judge Rules in Favor of Spikedace, Loach Minnow

By pinguinus | Posted on May 7, 2009

The New Mexico Cattle Grower’s Association and a coalition of county governments from New Mexico and Arizona recently sued the Fish and Wildlife Service, claiming that FWS overstepped its bounds in setting aside critical habitat for the spikedace and loach minnow, two threatened piscines.

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