The Northern Pygmy Owl lives in forest habitats in western Canada and the western USA. Northern Pygmy Owls can be recognized by their small size, round head, and narrow pale bands on a longish, dark tail. Small birds often mob this species and can lead birders to the owl as they try t...
Fast reading.As people have become more civilized over the centuries, some insects have moved with them from caves to houses.It is easy to believe that as early people began to make straw beds and sleep in caves, bedbugs were ready to move in with them from the nests of bats, birds,...
The New York Times just published an article titled “How to Tell if Your Country Is Past the Point of No Return.” In a survey of political analysts, scholars, and other close observers of the Washington maelstrom, a majority think “a return to traditional democratic norms will be extremel...
The Three Gorges set is produced by LUZ, a German firm with a large factory in China. Their catalog shows nano-block collections of birds, air and space, dinosaurs, landmarks, holidays, insects, trains, and art—one art kit is Munch’s “Scream” in 697 pieces. ...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook raven (redirected fromcommon ravens) Thesaurus Encyclopedia ra·ven1 (rā′vən) n. 1.A large bird(Corvus corax)of the Northern Hemisphere, having black plumage and a croaking cry. 2.Any of several similar birds of the genusCorvus,found in Africa, Australi...
vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata), which is distributed mainly in cooler areas, up to the south of Texas historically and prefers bovine and equine blood; and the white-winged vampire bat (Diaemus youngi), the rarest species, found close to the equator, feeding mainly on birds (Nowak, 1999...
In turn, the birds that cockles support provide ecosystems services of their own, most often explored as cultural services. 3.2. Provisioning services The CICES provisioning services includes the Division ‘Biomass’, which includes the Group ‘Reared aquatic animals for nutrition, materials or energy...
Birds track their Grinnellian niche through a century of climate change. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2009;106:19637–43. Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Bost CA, Cotte C, Terray P, Barbraud C, Bon C, Delord K, et al. Large-scale climatic anomalies affect marine predator ...
This clustering, and given that Napier has higher genetic diversity than NZ: Other, raises the hypothesis that Napier and NZ: Other were separate introductions from Melbourne, versus NZ: Other being established from Napier birds. Attempts were made to resolve the population history with phylogenetic...
A fair-weather friend flatters (讨好)you when the sun is shining and the birds are singing. 【1】They would never do the following things.Walk away when times get tough. True friendship is all about how a person helps another person when they are down and can give very little in ...