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A high‐density genetic linkage map for Chinese perch using 2.3K genotyping‐by‐sequencing SNPs
Summary Chinese perch, Siniperca chuatsi , is one of the most commercially important cultured fishes in China. In the present study, a high‐density genetic linkage map of...
16 days ago - Animal Genetics
Chongming Island in winter
Chongming Island is part of Shanghai - but it does not look much like the rest of the city. Located right where the Yangtze River enters the sea , it is mostly flat farmland...
17 days ago - 10,000 Birds
A New Hope
Blog Home MEXICAN GRAY WOLVES TRANSPORTED TO EL PASO ZOO AS PART OF CONSERVATION PLAN January 25, 2021 Five of the Zoo's eight Mexican gray wolves have been safely transported...
1 month ago - Phoenix Zoo
Trogons, Trinidad and Tobago
It's been a crazy few days here in the tropical paradise of T&T to be honest. Let's just say that there is a single, well-known place where one can comfortably see all three of...
1 month ago - 10,000 Birds
Birds Singing for Us
The reasons birds sing is to declare or defend a territory and to attract a mate as part of courtship. They don't sing because they are happy, although some philosopher and...
1 month ago - Ornithology
Pat's Costa Rica Bird List, 2021
2021 is already well underway, are you birding? I hope so because watching a flock of redpolls bound through wintery airs that echo with the calls of crows is nature connection...
1 month ago - 10,000 Birds
We were devastated at the death of a beloved
We were devastated at the death of a beloved 14-year-old cat. The hole in our hearts and our home, even with one surviving cat, was palpable. A visit to the Golden Valley...
1 month ago - Happy Tails
Birding Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China
Menglun in Xishuangbanna is less than 50 km away from the Chinese border to Laos and Myanmar, and it has a big botanical garden. That means it also has many tropical birds that...
2 monthes ago - 10,000 Birds
Mistletoebird
In a year with so much uncertainty around the world we are all lucky that we can still enjoy nature. Maybe you can't go far from home, but nature will come to you. As Christmas...
2 monthes ago - 10,000 Birds
The Lyrebirds
As I occasionally like to do, here's a little natural history of an interesting bird group, this time the Lyrebird, either of two species of ground-dwelling Australian birds of...
2 monthes ago - Ornithology
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Guide to Long Distance Binoculars
Guide to choosing the best high powered long distance binoculars to be used for land based observation. Most high lower bins are usually designed with astronomy in mind...
Best Birding Binocular 2016/2017
During the year many, many binoculars arrive on my desk for testing and review. So at times even I can find it a little overwhelming as to which is best. This every year I...
BirdWatching Binoculars 101
If you are new to birding, choosing your first pair of binoculars can seem a little daunting, but it needn't be. This guide takes you thought where to start and all the...
A Tawny Frogmouth family
I won't apologise for doing another post about Tawny Frogmouths , because they are just such beautiful birds! You will notice that it is a year ago that I wrote about the...
Collaborative list - February 2021
Extremes of weather nor “stay at home” orders can keep the beats from their mission. A Northern Mockingbird was sighted in Cornwall, UK during February and resulted in criminal...
Potential functional variants in AHR signaling pathways are associated with...
Summary Puberty in female pigs is defined as age at first estrus and gilts that have an earlier age at puberty are more likely to have greater lifetime productivity. Because...
Preparing for a Cat-Friendly Spring Season
While there might still be a chill in the air, spring fever is already underway for cats longing for the return of bird watching in the screened window. As we anticipate...
25 Of The Funniest Tweets About Cats And Dogs This Week
"I love when cats just straight up loaf with no limbs to be found :)"