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July 24, 2023

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Flying Reptiles Had Nurturing Parental Style

Did the pterosaurs, flying reptiles from the days of the dinosaurs, practice parental care or not? New research shows that pterosaurs were indeed caring parents -- but only the larger ...

Poetic Birdsong, Precisely Tuned

Nightingales match the pitch of their whistle songs to those of their rivals in real ...

Exposure to Neurotoxic Rodenticide Bromethalin in Birds of Prey

In 2020, Tufts Wildlife Clinic Director Maureen Murray, V03, published a study that showed 100% of red-tailed hawks tested at the clinic were positive for exposure to anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs). Such exposure occurs when these chemicals are used to kill mice or rats, which eat the poison, and ...

Beak Shape Can Predict Nest Material Use in the World's Birds

The material a bird selects for its nest depends on the dimensions of its beak, according to ...
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Extinct Warbler's Genome Sequenced from Museum Specimens

The Bachman's warbler, a songbird that was last seen in North America nearly 40 years ago, was a distinct species and not a hybrid of its two living sister species, according a new study in ...

Gloss Is Less Effective Camouflage in Beetles Compared to Matte, According to Latest Study

Heliconius butterflies' brains grew as they adopted novel foraging behaviors, scientists have ...

Do Hummingbirds Drink Alcohol? More Often Than You Think

Animals that eat fruit or sip nectar often ingest alcohol because naturally occurring yeasts turning sugar into ethanol. But how do animals feel about that? A new study details an experiment to ...

Monarchs' White Spots Aid Migration

If you've ever wondered how the monarch butterfly got its spots, University of Georgia researchers may have just found the answer. The new study suggests that the butterflies with more white ...

When Pigeons Dream

Dreams have been considered a hallmark of human sleep for a long time. Latest findings, however, suggest that when pigeons sleep, they might experience visions of flight. Researchers studied brain ...

Forest Birds With Short, Round Wings More Sensitive to Habitat Fragmentation

Tropical forest birds, which tend to have wings that are short and round relative to their body length and shape, are more sensitive to habitat fragmentation than the long-, slender-winged species ...

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Genetic Change Increased Bird Flu Severity During U.S. Spread

Scientists found the virus strains that arrived in 2021 soon acquired genes from viruses in wild birds in North America. The resulting reassortant viruses have spread across the continent and caused ...

Dinosaurs Were the First to Take the Perspectives of Others

Understanding that others hold different viewpoints from your own is essential for human sociality. Adopting another person's visual perspective is a complex skill that emerges around the age of ...

Perfection: The Enemy of Evolution

Evolution is a sequence of design changes happening on their own in a discernible direction; it never weds itself to a single point on a drawing board. An evolving system or animal is free to simply ...

The Bat's Ability to Convert Energy Into Muscle Power Is Affected by Flight Speed

Small bats are bad at converting energy into muscle power. Surprisingly, a new study led by Lund University in Sweden reveals that this ability increases the faster they ...

Smallest Shifting Fastest: Bird Species Body Size Predicts Rate of Change in a Warming World

Birds across the Americas are getting smaller and longer-winged as the world warms, and the smallest-bodied species are changing the ...

Early-Nesting Ducks at Increased Risk Due to Changes in Climate, Land Use

Each year approximately 10 million waterfowl fly north to their breeding grounds in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America, but the landscape that greets them has changed. Weather patterns and ...

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Researchers Explore Techniques to Successfully Reintroduce Captive Birds Into the Wild

Studies show that some species may require breeding in captivity within the next 200 years to avoid extinction. This reality places heavy importance on the reintroduction practices used to ...

Woodpecker Guides Post-Fire Forest Management

What's good for the Black-backed Woodpecker is good for restoration of burned California forests. The birds' unique relationship with fire underpins the latest research into improved ...

For Birds, Blending in May Result in More Diversity

The adage 'birds of a feather flock together' is being given new meaning in a recent study. When multiple species join a single flock, they appear to mimic each other, with spectacular ...

Chicken Breeding in Japan Dates Back to Fourth Century BCE

Conclusive evidence of chicken breeding in the Yayoi period of Japan has been discovered from the Karako-Kagi ...

African Penguins: Climate Refugees from a Distant Past?

Imagine the view from the western coastline of southern Africa during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) over twenty thousand years ago: in the distance you would see at least fifteen large islands -- ...

Why This Bird Flu Is Different: Scientists Say New Avian Influenza Requires Urgent Coordinated Response

A new study tracks arrival and spread of highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) decimating wild birds, impacting poultry and pushing up egg prices. The team found that the deadly impact on wild ...

Bird Feeding Helps Small Birds Fight Infection

种子和脂肪球做的不仅仅是填补小乙irds' stomachs. New research from Lund University in Sweden shows that feeding during the wintertime causes birds to be healthier, since they do ...

The Surprising Science Behind Long-Distance Bird Migration

Scientists have recently made a surprising discovery, with the help of a wind tunnel and a flock of birds. Songbirds, many of which make twice-yearly, non-stop flights of more than 1,000 miles to get ...

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