birds

Do Animals Like Music?

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Do animals like music? Maybe, maybe not, depending on how much it is tailored to the particular species of animal in question.

EarthTalk

Lord God Bird Redux: Is the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Really Back?

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Birders are keeping hope alive that the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker will re-appear “on the wing” somewhere in the swamps of the Southeastern U.S…

Wild & Wooly

Interview: Carl Safina Talks Animal Intelligence

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Beginning in 1998 with Song for the Blue Ocean, Carl Safina has written numerous books on the state of our oceans and the creatures that inhabit them. He is a recipient of the MacArthur “genius grant” among a host of awards and founder of the Safina Center, which fights for healthy oceans. Safina’s writing appears […]

Dong Energy Offshore Wind Farm, UK. Credit: Sean Marshall, FlickrCC

Green Tech

Offshore Wind Stalls on East Coast, But Future Still Promising

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Strong winds up and down the East Coast could power our energy future. Offshore wind is one of the most promising means of supplying clean, steady electricity that doesn’t suffer the intermittency of much renewable energy. On the East Coast, offshore wind is the “largest renewable energy resource that can help make an impactful difference […]