Zoology - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/zoology/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Thu, 14 Sep 2023 18:13:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Zoology - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/zoology/ 32 32 103504436 Texas Invasive Bird Project https://houstonnewmedia.org/texas-invasive-bird-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=texas-invasive-bird-project Thu, 14 Sep 2023 18:13:37 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32823 What is it? The Texas Invasive Bird Project (TIBP) is a citizen-science project that initiated in June 2008. TIBP evaluates status of invasive or introduced species of birds in the state of Texas. Coordinated by Daniel Brooks, Ph.D. since 2008 at the H...

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]]> 670163 It takes a(n Embera) village https://houstonnewmedia.org/it-takes-an-embera-village/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it-takes-an-embera-village Thu, 27 Jul 2023 21:37:55 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32776 Editor’s Note: Dr. Dan Brooks, Curator of Vertebrate Zoology recounts recent adventures off the shores of Panama with local fishermen of the Embera people. In my last blog, I discussed a recent trip to a remote, pristine part of Panama, just north of t...

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]]> 636752 Feisty ‘Sea Lions’ Get Some Giant-Screen Love in the Newest Film to Debut at HMNS https://houstonnewmedia.org/feisty-sea-lions-get-some-giant-screen-love-in-the-newest-film-to-debut-at-hmns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feisty-sea-lions-get-some-giant-screen-love-in-the-newest-film-to-debut-at-hmns Wed, 08 Jun 2022 21:55:26 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32385 It’s fitting that as director Paul Phelan speaks to us from the windswept, idyllic west coast of Ireland, decompressing with his family between film projects, one of his children will soon leave the nest. “Sea Lions: Life by a Whisker,” his newest natu...

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]]> 345076 Buck Off, Buck Moth | Houston Area Stingers https://houstonnewmedia.org/buck-off-buck-moth-houston-area-stingers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=buck-off-buck-moth-houston-area-stingers Thu, 12 May 2022 14:31:25 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32215 It’s springtime, and we all know what that means! Bright and cheerful flora; adorable, baby animals; a newfound will to embrace the mentality that life is a breath of fresh air/a box of chocolates/any other idiom that instills hope and wonder… Bu...

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]]> 321106 Cool birds in strange places (and then some…) https://houstonnewmedia.org/cool-birds-in-strange-places-and-then-some/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cool-birds-in-strange-places-and-then-some Wed, 23 Mar 2022 21:47:12 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32079 The blog about the stray woodpecker in a cemetery was such a smash hit, that the clever folks in our PR dept. proposed taking it to the next level. My mind raced with possible sites to visit that would fall under the general theme of ‘Cool birds in str...

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]]> 277190 Mute Swans: More than Just a Pretty Bird https://houstonnewmedia.org/mute-swans-more-than-just-a-pretty-bird/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mute-swans-more-than-just-a-pretty-bird Tue, 08 Mar 2022 23:23:01 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32057 Guest blog by Cathy Hou Editor’s note: Cathy interned with Dr. Dan Brooks, HMNS Curator of Vertebrate Zoology. Her hard work culminated with publication of this article on Mute Swans in our beloved Lone Star state: https://www.hmns.org/wp-content/uploa...

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]]> 265524 Enjoying Wildlife with Visual Impairments https://houstonnewmedia.org/enjoying-wildlife-with-visual-impairments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=enjoying-wildlife-with-visual-impairments Wed, 09 Feb 2022 20:25:58 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=31997 Editor’s Note: This article was co-authored by HMNS Accessibility Programs Manager Matti Wallin and Marcia Moore, OD, FCOVD, ABO Diplomate of Bellaire Family Eye Care. Nearly everyone enjoys wildlife, but sometimes it can be challenging to get go...

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]]> 250386 A dispersed flock of angels, a rare woodpecker, and a local cast of celebs from the past… https://houstonnewmedia.org/a-dispersed-flock-of-angels-a-rare-woodpecker-and-a-local-cast-of-celebs-from-the-past/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-dispersed-flock-of-angels-a-rare-woodpecker-and-a-local-cast-of-celebs-from-the-past Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:41:38 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=31948 While the title of today’s blog perhaps sounds like the introduction to a bad bar joke, these three things really do share something in common besides ambling into a bar or being on a Cessna short of a parachute. The thing they all share in common is t...

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