Into the Nest: Book review
See the intimate lives of birds as never before! Laura Erikson and Marie Read document the family lives of more than 50 common North American birds through breathtaking close-up photography.
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Genius of Birds: Book Review
Jennifer Ackerman has been writing about science, nature, and human biology for almost three decades. Ackerman is a contributor to Scientific American, National Geographic, The New York Times, and many other publications. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in Nonfiction, a Bunting Fellowship, and a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Birds, she shows, are
Read moreGenius of Dogs: Book Review
In college I took both an Animal Cognition class and an Animal Behavior class. Animal cognition studies the mental capabilities where as animal behavior looks at the physical, sometimes more measurable, traits an animal performs. Both professors stated that there is a lot of great research on animal intelligence. They also both stated that performing research on domestic companion animals
Read moreIn the Spotlight: University of Wyoming Raccoon Project
Every week there is something new to do! Some of my favorite moments have taken place early in the morning when the research technicians and I check the live traps we baited the previous evening.
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