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Star Trek: How Birds Use Electromagnetic Cues to Travel

Star Trek: How Birds Use Electromagnetic Cues to Travel

By Peter on August 18, 2015

How do migrating birds find their way at night? An overview of recent research on the topic, from Audubon magazine.

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Pick Your Poison

Pick Your Poison

By Peter on May 1, 2012

Thanks to Rachel Carson’s crusade, DDT was banned and birds are rebounding. If only it were that simple. A retrospective look on the 50th anniversary of the publication of Silent Spring.

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Peter Friederici hiking in Glen Canyon

Peter Friederici

Peter Friederici is an award-winning freelance journalist who writes about science, nature, and the environment from his home in Arizona. His articles, essays, and books tell stories of people, places, and the links between them.

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