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“The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think” [1]

Bird brains, despite the dictum, are anything but deficient. In fact, a new book by science and nature writer Jennifer Ackerman reveals how scientists, driven by rising diversity in their own ranks and by the leverage of new technologies, are gaining a dramatically new understanding of the complexities of bird behavior. BookShelf has a review of “The Bird Way.”

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"Hurricane Warning For New Orleans As Sally To Bring Dangerous Surge" [10]

"After deluging South Florida and the Florida Keys, Tropical Storm Sally is strengthening and forecast to become a powerful hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. When it slugs ashore Monday night into Tuesday, the storm is expected to unleash a prolonged and dangerous assault from wind and water in southeastern Louisiana and coastal Mississippi, including New Orleans."

Wildlife [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [11], 09/14/2020

Inbreeding Deformities Found Among Cougars In Santa Monica Mountains [12]

"The discovery was heartbreaking for biologists, who consider the mountain lions of Southern California to be among the most threatened mammals in North America: a young male with the distortions of inbreeding — a tail kinked like the letter “L” and only one descended testicle."

Biodiversity [3]
Wildlife [6]
Public [9]
California [13]
Source: LA Times [14], 09/11/2020

"Arctic Refuge Oil Footprint Could Expand Illegally, Lawsuits Say" [15]

"Gravel mines, airstrips, and ice roads could appear in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which Congress never intended when it agreed to allow oil development there, more than a dozen states are claiming in a bid to stop drilling there."

Biodiversity [3]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Wildlife [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [18]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [19], 09/11/2020

"Animal Populations Fell by 68% in 50 Years and It’s Getting Worse" [20]

"The world is losing its mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish, and with them, the security of ecosystems that have supported humanity since it first emerged. That’s the conclusion of the Living Planet Report 2020, a biannual assessment by World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London, which records the decline in vertebrate life."

Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [21]
Disasters [22]
Wildlife [6]
Public [9]
International [8]
Source: Bloomberg [23], 09/10/2020

Animal Rights Group Sues Feds To Stop Aquarium From Acquiring 5 Belugas [24]

"An animal rights group filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Thursday in an effort to stop the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut from acquiring five new beluga whales."

Activism [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Wildlife [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [28], 09/08/2020

"Tahlequah, 'Tour of Grief' Killer Whale, Gives Birth" [29]

"An endangered killer whale named “Tahlequah,” which famously carried her dead calf on her head in mourning for 17 days through the Salish Sea off British Columbia in 2018, is a new mother."

Water & Oceans [27]
Wildlife [6]
Public [9]
Northwest (OR WA) [30]
Source: Reuters [31], 09/07/2020

Invisible Enemy: Battle To Save Black-Footed Ferrets From The Plague [32]

"Yersinia pestis killed millions of people across Europe in the middle ages. Today it remains a deadly threat to one of the US’s most endangered species"

Biodiversity [3]
Environmental Health [33]
Wildlife [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Guardian [34], 09/07/2020

"Kitten Caboodle: SoCal Mountain Lions Enjoying A Baby Boom" [35]

"It’s a good summer for the big cats who already have to deal with development, traffic, poisons and wildfires." "California mountain lions are in the middle of a baby boom."

Biodiversity [3]
Disasters [22]
Forests [36]
Wildlife [6]
Public [9]
California [13]
Source: HuffPost [37], 09/04/2020

"Uganda Says It Has Rare Gorilla 'Baby Boom' In Park In Country's SW" [38]

"Uganda says it has recorded a baby boom among gorillas in a national park that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the East African country’s most prized tourist attractions."

Biodiversity [3]
Wildlife [6]
Public [9]
Africa [39]
Source: Reuters [40], 09/03/2020

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