Interview with Simon Vincent Download PDF Fly-A-Way is a brand new board game created by the team at Playlogue Creations.[1] In it, players are conservationists helping out birds in their migration across one of the world’s largest flyway.[2] The birds will face many dangers, so the players will have to make sure these critters complete theirContinue reading “Fly-A-Way: a board game to save migratory birds”
Tag Archives: Ornithology
SuperAves: a collectible card game about bird biodiversity
Luis Francisco Gonzaga & Viviana Borges Corte Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Vitória, ES, Brazil. Emails: luispof (at) gmail (dot) com; viviana.borges (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF The idea of making a game about the birds of the UFES (Federal University of Espírito Santo, in southeast Brazil) campus was a sum of long-brewing factors.Continue reading “SuperAves: a collectible card game about bird biodiversity”
Bird biodiversity in heavy metal songs
Henrique M. Soares1, João V. Tomotani2, Barbara M. Tomotani3 & Rodrigo B. Salvador3 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge, MA, U.S.A. 2 Escola Politécnica, Universidade de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. 3 Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Wellington, New Zealand. Emails: hemagso( at) gmail (dot) com; t.jvitor (at) gmail (dot) com; babi.mtContinue reading “Bird biodiversity in heavy metal songs”
Wingspan: how birds colonized board games
Interview with Elizabeth Hargrave Download PDF Wingspan is a game entirely about birds and it has been a wonderful surprise, being considered one of the hottest titles for 2019[1]. This is the first game from designer Elizabeth Hargrave, published by Stonemaier Games, and will be available in March this year. In this game, the playersContinue reading “Wingspan: how birds colonized board games”
Moa v Superman
Rodrigo B. Salvador Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Wellington, New Zealand. Email: salvador.rodrigo.b (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF During his heroic career Superman fought several foes. Some of these stories are truly memorable, like The Death of Superman (1992–1993), when he faced Doomsday. But many stories just ended up completely forgotten. Granted,Continue reading “Moa v Superman”
Douglas Adams and the world’s largest, fattest and least-able-to-fly parrot
Rodrigo B. Salvador Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Wellington, New Zealand. Email: salvador.rodrigo.b (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF “The system of life on this planet is so astoundingly complex that it was a long time before man even realized that it was a system at all and that it wasn’t something thatContinue reading “Douglas Adams and the world’s largest, fattest and least-able-to-fly parrot”
Over(bird)watch
Barbara M. Tomotani1 & Rodrigo B. Salvador2 1 Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Wageningen, The Netherlands. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen; Groningen, The Netherlands. Email: babi.mt (at) gmail (dot) com 2 Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart; Stuttgart, Germany. Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; Tübingen, Germany. Email: salvador.rodrigo.b (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF The video game Overwatch is Blizzard Entertainment’s new hit,Continue reading “Over(bird)watch”
The birds of James Bond
Rodrigo B. Salvador1 & Barbara M. Tomotani2 1 Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart; Stuttgart, Germany. Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; Tübingen, Germany. Email: salvador.rodrigo.b (at) gmail (dot) com 2 Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Wageningen, The Netherlands. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen; Groningen, The Netherlands. Email: babi.mt (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF “The name is Bond, James Bond.” This particular BritishContinue reading “The birds of James Bond”
Robins, robins, robins
Barbara M. Tomotani Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Wageningen, The Netherlands. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen; Groningen, The Netherlands. Email: babi.mt (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF Since Pokémon is a recurrent topic on this journal, I would like to call your attention to this little fellow: the fletchling. Fletchling (yayakoma, in Japanese), as it appears in official Pokémon artwork. FletchlingContinue reading “Robins, robins, robins”
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