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Birdbaths, Bugs, and Bird-health: parallels in the US and Amazon reveal the consequences of human activity on birds

Birds at Birdbath

These two examples of declining bird health in North and South America are reminders of the valuable and complex systems of interaction that are the basis of life on earth.

A Taste of Summer

A Red-eyed, 17-year, Cicada

Entomophagy, the practice of eating insects, is widely embraced by ethnic and indigenous communities in parts of Asia, Africa, and Latin America as a cheap and sustainable source of protein. Introducing more insects into the Western diet as a more sustainable food source is the way of the future.