Records of Change | bioGraphic

Changes in the biodiversity of various ecosystems around the world often happen slowly, imperceptibly, and it can be difficult to know what’s even been lost over years and decades-there’s simply no baseline to compare against. But tucked away in a small liberal arts college in Eagle Rock, California is a scientific collection that’s helping to make this type of assessment possible. The Moore Laboratory of Zoology houses the largest collection of Mexican birds in the world-more than 65,000 specimens, most of which were collected by one man, Chester Lamb, between 1920 and 1960. In essence, the collection provides a snapshot of Mexico’s bird biodiversity from a time prior to the country’s industrial revolution and the significant habitat loss and degradation that ensued during that period. Using this one-of-a-kind tool, Moore Lab curator, John McCormack, and colleagues are retracing Lamb's footsteps and conducting their own surveys to learn how and why Mexico’s bird fauna has changed over time-as well as how some species might be adapting to ecosystem-scale transformations.
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Both of my parents were heavily involved with the research that was conducted at Fort Detrick Maryland concerning bacteriological warfare. This was not and still is not a good thing. As a youngster i remember visiting their laboratories and seeing the multitudes of caged animals..row after row. It was indeed one the most frighteningly HORRIBLE sights anyone can see. Decades of all this top secret activity produced some of the MOST lethal pathogens known to man.
When i saw those drawers and drawers of dead birds it drew me right back to those moments. I don't care what supposed knowledge is gained by mankind continously abusing and killing whole populations of unsuspecting innocent animals all in the pursuit of what? Medicine? Really?? All so the pharmaceutical kingdom can produce treatments..not cures and ultimately charge obscene amounts of money for people who can't afford or even have access to. The means don't always justify the ends. Yes of course there aare positive outcomes as a result of exploring nature but all too often i see abuses that have no words to describe the suffering animals have been subjected to. I never want to see taxidermied animalslined up all neatly like those poor birds. Butterflies birds etc. populations have been decimated by 'collectors'. People died conducting experiments at Fort Detrick Md. You'll never hear about that. Now China is trying to contain coronavirus which was developed for what? Weapons?