Laura's Animals / Wildlife Blog May 2007 Archive

Wildlife News Round-Up #43
In this issue of Wildlife News Round-Up, there are a number of headlines focusing on the emergence of Brood XIII, a brood of periodical cicadas expected to emerge very soon ... Read More

Thursday May 31, 2007 | permalink | comments (0)

New Photos: Wildlife Photographer Robert Visconti
Robert Visconti's wildlife photography portfolio depicts the wildlife of the Lake County, Illinois area through the changing seasons. His images capture insects, birds, mammals, and amphibians with a sensitive eye ... Read More

Thursday May 31, 2007 | permalink | comments (0)

Celebrate World Turtle Day
Today, World Turtle Day, is all about turtles! World Turtle Day was initiated in 2000 by the American Tortoise Rescue, a California-based non-profit turtle and tortoise rescue organization founded in ... Read More

Wednesday May 23, 2007 | permalink | comments (0)

A Journey Back to the Reefs of the Bahamas
I recently read Gordon Chaplin's article A Return to the Reefs at Smithsonian.com. In it, the author tells of his return to the coral reefs he explored as a child ... Read More

Wednesday May 16, 2007 | permalink | comments (0)

New Hummingbird Discovered in Columbian Cloud Forests
A new species of hummingbird has been discovered in the montane cloud forests of south-west Colombian. The gorgeted puffleg (Eriocnemis isabellae) is named for its brilliant, bicolor throat patch (of ... Read More

Monday May 14, 2007 | permalink | comments (0)

Listen to Bird Song Recordings at 'Learn Bird Songs'
While doing a bit of research on the various techniques of bird identification, I stumbled across a superb website, Learn Bird Songs, which offers a generous collection of bird song ... Read More

Monday May 7, 2007 | permalink | comments (0)

Humans Aren't the Only Ones With Something to Say
The ability to communicate through language—be it spoken, gestured, or written—is often held up as 'proof' that humans sit atop the intellectual summit of animal evolution. But as an increasing ... Read More

Thursday May 3, 2007 | permalink | comments (0)

Ape Gestures Offer Clues to Language Evolution
The use of gestures in primate communication could lend clues to the development of spoken language in humans. Scientists have found that primates use gestures in a flexible way, with ... Read More

Tuesday May 1, 2007 | permalink | comments (0)