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The World’s Most Traveled Bird?

Posted in Nature, tagged , , on May 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

B95, aka Moonbird, has again touched down in New Jersey. After refueling, he will head north to the Canadian arctic for at least his 20th breeding season. Remarkable for a four-ounce red knot whose normal lifespan is just four or five years and whose annual migration begins and ends way down in Tierra del Fuego. [...]

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Avoiding Road Kill in Ghana

Posted in International, Nature, tagged , , , , on June 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »

In Washington’s economic circles, the only animals we usually have to worry about are hawks and doves. (And the occasional raccoon or vole.) If you’re doing development research in Ghana, however, things are more complicated.  Zipping from village to village on her motorcycle, my friend Liz has become intimately familiar with the behavior — often stochastic – of different [...]

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