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Banded bird that's flown 325,000 miles so far recognized back in Cape May County, NJ, after travel to Argentina,Canada nj.com/news/index.ssf… about 7 hours ago via web
THE SLY COMPANY OF PEOPLE WHO CARE: R. Bhattacharya's novel wins Ondaatje Prize, & goes to my wish list: guardian.co.uk/books/2012/may… about 8 hours ago via web
In Thailand, transgender candidate wins a provincial election (Note: there's some fuzzy gender language in article) nationmultimedia.com/politics/Trans… about 9 hours ago via web
Zing! Central idea for new animal book falls into place. At least for now.... n=? iterations still ahead.... about 14 hours ago via web
Good discussion-ranges from critical research design to personal stories-at my NPR post on new study re grief & doctors npr.org/blogs/13.7/201… about 15 hours ago via web
Gorilla naming ceremony set for Virungas region, Rwanda, on June 16 allafrica.com/stories/201205… cc: @AudreySchulman about 15 hours ago via web
Inequality in Neolithic Europe: Skeletal study suggests farmers buried w/ tools had better access to land than others livescience.com/20610-inequali… about 17 hours ago via web
Texas: Adjunct prof complains that separation of church & state violated; gets threats & loses courses cc: @rdfrs insidehighered.com/news/2012/05/2… about 17 hours ago via web
@AdamsLisa @geneweingarten I feel just the same. Haunting. 6:43 PM May 28th via web in reply to AdamsLisa
Emerging portrait of Earth's core, 1800 miles below, is "structured and wild," writes Natalie Angier in Science Times nytimes.com/2012/05/29/sci… 1:49 PM May 28th via web
@helpanelephant Good point; and I share your hope. 12:53 PM May 28th via web in reply to helpanelephant
Escapee red river hogs cause zoo visitors to refuge in monkey enclosure (how come hogs moved to "private collection"?) bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla… 11:33 AM May 28th via web
@edyong209 Agreed. I tweeted story too, but think R Leakey fails to grasp people's super-clenched, competing, anti-evolution world views. 11:32 AM May 28th via web in reply to edyong209
scicurious Brilliant!!! RT @JBYoder Evolutionary psychology: A dialogue nblo.gs/y8Fcw 11:15 AM May 28th via TweetDeck Retweeted by bjkingape and 7 others
In teaching Aramaic, Christian communities in Irsael try to revive the language spoken by Jesus boston.com/news/world/mid… 9:43 AM May 28th via web
@Kimberly_Gerson Love the prosimian reference! 9:38 AM May 28th via web in reply to Kimberly_Gerson
@actuporg Thanks for follow; I'm sharing my NPR blog post on kids & gender identities npr.org/blogs/13.7/201… 9:30 AM May 28th via web
My mini-post at NPR about new study on doctors' grief, medical-school culture, & consequences for patients: npr.org/blogs/13.7/201… 7:01 AM May 28th via web
gorillaspeak Absolutely horrendous. Leuser the orang shot 62 times by villagers seeking "entertainment," can now never be released: guardian.co.uk/environment/ga… 6:35 AM May 28th via web Retweeted by bjkingape and 11 others
Were humans living in Tasmania 41,000 yrs ago, same time as now-extinct giant megafauna? phys.org/news/2012-05-p… 5:54 AM May 28th via web

Name Barbara J King
Location Virginia
Web http://www.barbar...
Bio Anthropologist; writer. Being With Animals 2010; How Animals Grieve 2013; NPR.org’s 13.7 blog; TLS; freelance science. Ape-attuned, feral cat rescuer.