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Ruff courtship a matter of genes
(Phys.org) —A Simon Fraser University biologist who has spent three decades studying the ruff, a migratory shorebird, has found that its distinct approaches to courtship and mating are governed by genes and not influenced by environmental factors.
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Small birds capitalize on weather patterns during epic migrations
(Phys.org) —In one of the greatest feats of endurance in the biological world, millions of tiny songbirds—many weighing less than an ounce—migrate thousands of miles to Central and South America each year. Now scientists are finding out how these fe
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Electromagnetic noise leaves birds lost in migration, study reports
Radio waves disrupt the magnetic 'compass' in robins, according to a study published on Wednesday that is likely to fuel debate about the safety of electronic devices.
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Study reveals shock-absorbing ability of woodpecker beaks
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers at Mississippi State University has found that the beaks of woodpeckers are constructed in such a way as to help dissipate energy. In their paper published in Journal of the Royal Society Interface, the team describes t
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'Teenage' songbirds experience high mortality due to many causes, study finds
Nearly one-third of songbird species across North America are experiencing long-term declines. Scientists have spent years researching potential causes for these population declines, focusing on the birds when they have just hatched as well as when they a
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With 'self-fumigation,' Darwin's finches combat deadly parasitic flies
When University of Utah biologists set out cotton balls treated with a mild pesticide, wild finches in the Galapagos Islands used the cotton to help build their nests, killing parasitic fly maggots to protect baby birds. The researchers say the self-fumig
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Forest loss linked to swift parrot mortality
(Phys.org) —New research has found the endangered swift parrot is more likely to be killed and eaten by sugar gliders in Tasmania in areas where forests are disturbed or lost compared to areas of intact forest.
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Top 25 Wild Bird Photographs of the Week #66
Long-wattled umbrellabird, strawberry finch, Von der Decken’s hornbill, Blackburnian warbler, Tickell’s blue flycatchers, and stork-billed kingfisher in this edition! We can give them silly names. We can give then our names? We can, how
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African Bird Shouts False Alarms to Deceive and Steal, Study Shows
A new study reveals that a songbird in the Kalahari Desert uses a repertoire of more than 50 warning calls to trick other animals into abandoning their meals.
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Ravens have social abilities previously only seen in humans
Humans and their primate cousins are well known for their intelligence and social abilities. You hear them called bird-brained, but birds have demonstrated a great deal of intelligence in many tasks.
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Predators predict longevity of birds
(Phys.org) —Ageing inevitably occurs both in humans and in other animals. However, life-span varies widely across species. Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen have now found a possible general mechanism explaining differ
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Nest-building in finches is a learning process developed through experience
(Phys.org) —Nest-building is not just an innate skill but a learning process that birds develop through experience, research suggests.
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Genome yields insights into golden eagle vision, smell
Purdue and West Virginia University researchers are the first to sequence the genome of the golden eagle, providing a bird's-eye view of eagle features that could lead to more effective conservation strategies.
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Introducing A Divorce Rate For Birds, And Guess Which Bird Never, Ever Divorces?
A pair of swans suggests Love Eternal. You often see them in twos, gliding together. But they're not Nature's Coupliest Birds. Which are?
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Ravens understand the relations among others
Like many social mammals, ravens form different types of social relationships – they may be friends, kin, or partners and they also form strict dominance relations. From a cognitive perspective, understanding one's own relationships to others is a key a
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Explainer: How do homing pigeons navigate?
Pigeons have extraordinary navigational abilities. Take a pigeon from its loft and let it go somewhere it has never been before and it will, after circling in the sky for while, head home. This remarkable capacity extends to places tens even hundreds of k
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Ancient DNA: Barnyard chickens living just a few hundred years ago looked far different from today's chickens
Ancient DNA adds a twist to the story of how barnyard chickens came to be. Analyzing DNA from the bones of chickens that lived 200-2,300 years ago in Europe, researchers report that some of the traits we associate with modern domestic chickens -- such as
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Fear of the cuckoo mafia
If a restaurant owner fails to pay the protection money demanded of him, he can expect his premises to be trashed. Warnings like these are seldom required, however, as fear of the consequences is enough to make restaurant owners pay up. Similarly, mafia-l
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Like People, Pigeons Can Categorize : DNews
The ability to categorize has long been thought to be a hallmark of human intelligence. New findings suggest pigeons do it too.
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Scientists name world's 100 most unique and endangered birds
'Little dodo', flightless parrot and giant ibis among species ranked by evolutionary distinctiveness and global extinction risk
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Iconic boreal bird species declining in the Adirondacks, study says
A new study from the Wildlife Conservation Society finds that several iconic Adirondack birds are in trouble, with declines driven by the size of their wetland habitats, how connected these wetlands are to one another, and how near they are to human infra
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Running geese give insight into low oxygen tolerance
A new study into how the world's highest flying bird, the bar-headed goose, is able to survive at extreme altitudes may have future implications for low oxygen medical conditions in humans.
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Southwestern bird and reptile distributions to shift as climate changes
Dramatic distribution losses and a few major distribution gains are forecasted for southwestern bird and reptile species as the climate changes, according to new research. Overall, the study forecasted species distribution losses -- that is, where species
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Loneliness impacts DNA repair
Scientists at the Vetmeduni Vienna examined the telomere length of captive African grey parrots. They found that the telomere lengths of single parrots were shorter than those housed with a companion parrot, which supports the hypothesis that social stres
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Hummingbird evolution soared after they invaded South America 22 million years ago
A newly constructed family tree of the hummingbirds, published today in the journal Current Biology, tells a story of a unique group of birds that originated in Europe, passed through Asia and North America, and ultimately found its Garden of Eden in Sout
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Study shows male bowerbirds manipulate female color perception
(Phys.org) —A trio of researchers in Australia has found that there is more to bowerbird bowers and colored objects used by the males than has been previously thought. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences,
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Study finds pigeons and other animals can place everyday things in categories like humans
Pinecone or pine nut? Friend or foe? Distinguishing between the two requires that we pay special attention to the telltale characteristics of each. And as it turns out, us humans aren't the only ones up to the task.
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Crows complete basic 'Aesop's fable' task (w/ video)
New Caledonian crows may understand how to displace water to receive a reward, with the causal understanding level of a 5-7 year-old child, according to results published March 26, 2014, in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Sarah Jelbert from University
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Study shows urban birds with darker feathers may be better at removing metal toxins
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers in France has found a possible connection between the darkness of bird feathers and the removal of metal toxins from birds' bloodstreams. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, the team describes how t
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Male Eurasian jays know that their female partners' desires can differ from their own
Knowing what another person wants is not a trivial issue, particularly when the other's desires are different from our own. The ability to disengage from our own desire to cater to someone else's wishes is thought to be a unique feature of human cognition
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Long-tailed tits set for climate boost
Long-tailed tits will be an unlikely beneficiary of climate change, according to new research.
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Biased sex ratios predict more promiscuity, polygamy and divorce in birds
(Phys.org) —Birds in female-dominated populations are more likely to ditch and 'divorce' their mates while promiscuity increases in predominantly male environments, according to new research.
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New discovery finds missing hormone in birds
University of Akron researchers discovered leptin in the mallard duck, peregrine falcon and zebra finch, marking the first time the hormone has been found in birds.
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Study shows some cuckoo birds may actually help their hosts
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers in Spain has found that at least one species of cuckoo bird may actually help its nest-mates survive. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes how in studying the great spotted cuckoo, they fo
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100 Years Later: Remembering the Passenger Pigeon
Though once one of the most abundant birds on Earth, the passenger pigeon went extinct due to overhunting in 1914.
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Chickens tell tale of human migration across Pacific
Holiday in Hawaii and one of the birds you're most likely to encounter is the chicken. You find them everywhere from beaches, to car parks and on walks through the bushland.
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Giant Prehistoric Bird Crushed Seeds, Not Little Horses
If the huge bird were still alive, Gastornis would be an ornithophobe's nightmare. Equipped with an extraordinarily deep beak, this six-foot-tall bird was among the largest creatures to roam the fo...
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Female brown-headed cowbirds perform spatial tasks better than males
Tired jokes about men, women and sense of direction have existed since the dawn of time. A new study at Western, however, has shown female brown-headed cowbirds perform spatial tasks better than their male counterparts – which is opposite what is typica
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Reciprocal behaviour in non-human primates a balancing act between fairness and empathy (w/ Video)
A study into whether grey parrots understand the notion of sharing suggests that they can learn the benefits of reciprocity.
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How birds' visual perception influences flower evolution
In Australia, honeyeaters are far and away the most abundant and important nectar-feeding birds, so also the most important avian pollinators of flowers.
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Snowy owls invade US 'south' as cold has effect
Reports from tens of thousands of bird-counting volunteers show a southern invasion of Arctic-dwelling snowy owls has spread to 25 U.S. states, and frigid cold is causing unusual movements of waterfowl.
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The camouflage games: Can you spot the bird?
So how long did it take you to spot the nightjar in the video on this page? For the predators trying to outsmart their concealed prey it's about not going hungry. But for the birds and the eggs that they are protecting it's a matter of life and death. And
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Yellow-eyed penguins feed in straight lines off the Otago coast
(Phys.org) —A research team at the University of Otago has discovered that the endangered and endemic yellow-eyed penguin forages in straight lines for several kilometres by following furrows in the seafloor scoured out by fishing trawlers.
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Birds that hoard food for a rainy day better be sure that there are no great tits around to spy on where they hide their reserve of seeds and nuts. So says Anders Brodin and Utku Urhan of the University of Lund in Sweden, who found that great tits can rem
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Intestinal Infections in Birds Linked to Humans and Urbanization
City-dwelling humans are having an impact on urban birds, according to new research that highlights the prevalence and severity of two distinct parasites in wild house finches.
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Talk is cheep: Do caged birds sing a key to language? - life - 07 February 2014 - New Scientist
Understand how the Bengalese finch acquired its virtuoso singing, and you can learn a lot about the forces that freed our own tongues, says Kate Douglas
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Studying Owl Wings to Design Quieter Tech
An owl's wing is perfectly constructed for a stealth attack. Now scientists are borrowing its design to build quieter wind turbines and airplanes.
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New Phl Eagle hatched in Zambo del Norte | Headlines, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com
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Penguins given 'happy pills' in soaking Britain
After weeks of rain and wind, miserable penguins at a marine centre in England are being fed anti-depressants to cheer them up.
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Expert says peacocks' legs, lower feathers and dance attract most attention during courtship
(Phys.org) —Although peacocks are famous for tall tail feathers with colorful eyespots, an expert says peahens look lower when sizing up a male and that dance moves may give a suitor an edge.
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WATCH: This Crow Is The Smartest Bird You've Ever Seen
Multi-step puzzles can be difficult for humans, but what if I told you there was a bird that could solve them on its own? In this BBC special, Dr. Alex Taylor has set up an eight-step puzzle to try and stump one of the smartest crows he's seen in...
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Expert: There's a Problem With Fish and Wildlife's Enforcement of Bird Law | Birds | ReWild | KCET
There's a problem with the way the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service enforces one of the nation's oldest environmental laws, according to a new article in a leading East Coast law review journal.
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6 of the World’s Longest-Lived Animals
Some creatures can get remarkably long in the tooth. Here are some of the most elderly known.
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Birds of a different color: Three major genes set feather hue in pigeons
Scientists at the University of Utah identified mutations in three key genes that determine feather color in domestic rock pigeons. The same genes control pigmentation of human skin.
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Falcon feathers pop-up during dive
Similar to wings and fins with self-adaptive flaps, the feathers on a diving peregrine falcon's feathers may pop-up during high speed dives, according to a study published in PLOS ONE on January 29, 2014 by Benjamin Ponitz from the Institute of Mechanics
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First in non-primates: Research shows jackdaws use eyes for communication
Researchers in Cambridge and Exeter have discovered that jackdaws use their eyes to communicate with each other – the first time this has been shown in non-primates.
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Landscape complexity affects pigeons' navigation
(Phys.org) —Homing pigeons' ability to learn and remember routes depends on the complexity of the landscape below. Hedges and boundaries between urban and rural areas provide ideal landmarks for navigation.
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Unique birdsong denotes whipbirds evolutionary divergence
Genetic analysis has shown the eastern and western whipbirds (Psophode sp) to be less closely related than was thought.
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Bluebirds struggle to find happiness on island paradise
Island plants and animals are often different from their mainland relatives. In general, the lack of top predators and large herbivores on isolated oceanic islands influences traits of island organisms. Consider, for example, the dodo: this island-dwellin
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Blue herons are nesting among the bald eagles, but why?
In February, the great blue herons of the Chesapeake Bay region will begin their nest building or repair chores and their mating rituals—perhaps in a tree they've been sharing with bald eagles.
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A fossil of one of the world's oldest flying seabirds has been found in New Zealand, linking the country to Antarctica when it was still being formed, scientists announced Wednesday.
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From 5 Billion to Zero: Nature Museum Marks 100th Year of Bird's Extinction - Lincoln Park - DNAinfo.com Chicago
The museum is marking the 100th anniversary of the extinction of the passenger pigeon Thursday.
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Desire to reproduce drives active nightlife of birds
For a non-nocturnal bird, the yellow-breasted chat spends a significant amount of time visiting other birds' territories during the night. A University of Illinois researcher who was studying birds' movement during the day noticed that males were active a
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Hedges and edges help pigeons learn their way around
A study has found that homing pigeons' ability to remember routes depends on the complexity of the landscape below, with hedges and boundaries between urban and rural areas providing ideal landmarks for navigation.
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Grey squirrels stop garden birds using feeders
The presence of grey squirrels at standard, hanging bird feeders cuts the number of birds visiting them by a huge 98 per cent, the latest study reveals.
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Helping hawks weather the storm
A team of researchers at a University of Alberta institute is helping endangered prairie hawks weather the storm of climate change.
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From billions to zero: Story of pigeon extinction
Three pigeons were sharing what was left of a piece of pizza that was lying on the sidewalk on East 53rd Street near Woodlawn Avenue on Tuesday morning, between the hours we human beings usually eat breakfast and lunch.
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1st POV of Falcons hunting crows
If you are a crow or an especially pro-crow person, consider averting your gaze. Otherwise, Holy God, look at these...
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Innovative Birds Are Also Less Flexible Learners - Wired Science
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18 strange and beautiful hummingbird species
These 'flying jewels' are fascinating to watch. Here are some of our favorite examples of these gorgeous and unusual birds.
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When is an animal not an 'animal'? Research ethics draws the line
Many people are surprised to find that insects, jellyfish and sea urchins are animals. Animals are generally thought of as medium-sized four-legged creatures with two sets of eyes and ears—those with features similar to ourselves.
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What's that bird? Check your smart phone
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has released a free iPhone app to help people identify 285 birds in North America. Created with support from the National Science Foundation, the app asks just five questions, then displays photos of birds that match your de
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Birds fly in 'V' formation to save energy, study finds
The next time you see birds flying in a 'V'' formation, consider this: A new study says they choreograph the flapping of their wings with exquisite precision to help them on their way.
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Cuckoos stay on course
With short hectic wing strokes that are hardly raised above the body, the flight of the cuckoo is not the height of elegance. Nevertheless, their wings carry them over 16,000 kilometres a year. Martin Wikelski from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
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Male spectacled warblers are innovative singers
The several variables in the song of every male spectacled warbler could play a crucial role in the mating, defending territory and recognition between individuals of this species. Studying their acoustic signals will help to understand how this bird, wit
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Wild sparrow study traces social behaviors in the field to specific gene
A unique study of the white-throated sparrow has identified a biological pathway connecting variation in the birds' aggression and parenting behaviors in the wild to variation in their genome.
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Sexual selection may result in bigger-billed male birds
(Phys.org) —To female coastal plain swamp sparrows, male bill size matters.
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Feathery Fossil Offers Insights into the Flight and Diet of an Early Bird
Birds are dinosaurs. That fact, once shocking, is now familiar and easily seen as living birds strut and flap about. Yet it's easy to forget just how long avian dinosaurs have been around, and how ...
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The five fingers of our feathered friends: New research results on the evolution of bird wings
In most tetrapods (land vertebrates) the fourth (ring) finger is the first to develop in the embryo. And in birds, the finger on the outside of the hand (posterior, the pinky side) appears first, which suggests that this is the ring finger. However, it ca
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Emperor Penguins breeding on ice shelves
A new study of four Antarctic emperor penguin colonies suggest that unexpected breeding behaviour may be a sign that the birds are adapting to environmental change.
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Museum bird DNA 'ready for use' in Naturalis Biodiversity Center
DNA barcoding is used as an effective tool for both the identification of known species and the discovery of new ones. The core idea of DNA barcoding is based on the fact that just a small portion of a single gene already can show that there is less varia
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Testosterone in male songbirds may enhance desire to sing but not song quality
For the male canary, the ability to sing a pitch-perfect song is critical to wooing female canaries. As the seasons change, so does song quality and frequency. The hormone testosterone plays a role in this changing song behavior.
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Moluccan woodcock is 'not so endangered' after all
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers has captured the first known photographs of the elusive Moluccan Woodcock (Scolopax rochussenii) and, in a rare case of good conservation news, suggest that it may be less threatened than previously believed.
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Birds outsmart wasps to feed young
(Phys.org) —A species of bird found in Central and South America is able to supply its young with a steady diet of wasp larvae, evading stings from defending workers by using physical, not chemical tactics as previously thought, Simon Fraser University
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Acrobatic birds aren't as energetic as they look
In research published this week in Proceedings of the Royal Society B scientists have found that the acrobatic courtship displays of male golden-collared manakins are less energetically costly than they appear.
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Moa or less: Extinct 'robust' birds of New Zealand might not have been so robust after all
Giant moa bird (Dinornis robustus, literally meaning 'robust strange bird') may not have actually had robust bones, according to new research conducted by The University of Manchester. The leg bones of one of the tallest birds that ever existed were actua
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The evolution of plumage patterns in male and female birds
(Phys.org) —Research published today looks at the evolutionary pathways to differences in bird plumage patterns between males and females – and concludes that birds are able to adapt their appearance with remarkable ease.
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Crows could be the key to understanding alien intelligence
Crows are among the planet's most intelligent animals, teaching their young to use tools for foraging and banding together to fight off intruders. Now, the first study of how abstract reasoning works in these birds' brains could shed light on how
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Is your Budgie left-handed?
The short answer is no. Unlike people, Australian budgerigars do not have a dominant hand (or claw), scientists studying the brain and visual system have found.
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Hummingbird metabolism unique in burning glucose and fructose equally
Hummingbird metabolism is a marvel of evolutionary engineering. These tiny birds can power all of their energetic hovering flight by burning the sugar contained in the floral nectar of their diet.
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Signalers vs. strong silent types: Sparrows exude personalities during fights
Like humans, some song sparrows are more effusive than others, at least when it comes to defending their territories. New findings from the University of Washington show that consistent individual differences exist not only for how aggressive individual s
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Why Birds Can Sleep on Branches and Not Fall Off
Their talons work through a series of pulleys made of tendons, as these GIFs and drawing explain.
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Birds with badges
A New Zealand bird that conspicuously displays its status on the top of its head can provide valuable insight into the social conventions of all creatures, including humans, scientists have found.
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Neurobiologists investigate neuronal basis of crows' intelligence
Scientists have long suspected that corvids – the family of birds including ravens, crows and magpies – are highly intelligent. Now, Tübingen neurobiologists Lena Veit und Professor Andreas Nieder have demonstrated how the brains of crows produce int
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City birds tougher than their country counterparts
Urban breeding birds appeared to cope better with the UK's cold, wet spring of 2012 than those living in woodland.
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Study duo find adaptive value of same-sex pairing in Laysan albatross
(Phys.org) —A pair of researchers with Pacific Rim Conservation has found that female same-sex pairings of Laysan albatross in Oahu, Hawaii results in more offspring for the colony of birds than if they'd gone it alone. In their paper published in Proce
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Sparrows provide larger picture of parenting behavior
From humans to sparrows, individuals within a species display distinct 'personalities' when it comes to their behaviors. Taking an innovative approach to understanding how various factors impact behavioral patterns, David Westneat is working with a local
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Climate Change Is Causing Some Mixed-up Wildlife | Audubon Magazine
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Owls' Noiseless Wings May One Day Inspire Quieter Aircraft, Wind Turbines - Science News - redOrbit
Learning how owls use acoustic stealth to surprise their prey could one day help engineers improve the design of airplanes, submarines and wind turbines.
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Unlocking secrets of bird flight to build flying robots
Researchers are using ultra high-speed cameras to study hummingbird flight, so they can build better flying robots.
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New research reveals unique monogamous behaviour in sparrows
Geography might reveal the answer to why some species vary in promiscuity, according to new research by Queen's Professor Fran Bonier (Biology). She discovered sparrows are more promiscuous at higher latitudes and are less promiscuous at higher elevations
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Who's a pretty boy then? Stunning photos of birds and their reflections | Nature | News | Daily Express
A photographer has managed to capture perfect mirror images of birds looking at themselves in the water.
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Top 25 Wild Bird Photographs of the Week #53
“Angry birds”, frogmouths, lovebirds, tyrants, woodcreepers, tits and violetears… The new Wild Bird Trust website has been updated and your wild bird photographs can now be submitted at: www.wildbirdtrust.com/top25. We are very proud
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Riddle of Early Bird Migration Cracked : DNews
Individual birds haven't changed their migration schedules in response to climate change. Instead, the results of a 14-year-long study of a migratory shore bird species suggested that early-born birds get more worms and can migrate sooner. Continue r
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How Giant Birds Can Fly Nearly 10,000 Miles in One Go
Wandering albatross can stay aloft for hours without flapping their wings thanks to their yo-yo like flight pattern.
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Incredible 'gannet cam' captures birds-eye view
Scientists from the University of Exeter and the RSPB have captured incredible footage of what it's like to fly with the UK's largest seabird.
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Study reveals why timing of bird migration is changing
Researchers at the University of East Anglia have found out why birds are migrating earlier and earlier each year.
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Cooler climate helped evolution of penguins
Penguins waddled into the book of life around 20 million years ago and diversified thanks to global cooling which opened up Antarctica for habitation, a study said on Wednesday.
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Early bird catches the worm -- for dinner
Birds, such as great and blue tits, scout for food in the morning but only return to eat it in late afternoon to maximize their chances of evading predators in the day without starving to death overnight.
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The big birds came to Tassie by sea, scientists find
Researchers have found that the Tasmanian sub-species of Australia's largest bird of prey, the wedge-tailed eagle, probably flew to the island in the past 100-plus years and did not develop separately when Tasmania was cut off from the mainland.
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How pigeons may smell their way home
Homing pigeons, like other birds, are extraordinary navigators, but how they manage to find their way back to their lofts is still debated. To navigate, birds require a 'map' (to tell them home is south, for example) and a 'compass' (to tell them where so
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Hummingbird memory | EarthSky.org
New research suggests the tiny birds may have what might be called an episodic memory – a trait previously thought unique to humans.
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Bird buffet requires surveillance | Science Codex
The behaviour of semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) feeding during low tide in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, surprised Guy Beauchamp, an ornithologist and research officer at the University of Montreal's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. While
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Problem-Solving Parrots Understand Cause and Effect - City Parrots -
Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus). Image by Ron Knight Scientists speculate two factors...
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What happens to urban chickens when they stop laying?
AMERICA has lately taken up chicken-keeping with the enthusiasm normally reserved for the latest kitchen-appliance craze. Once a sign of poverty and infra dig for...
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Swiss Catch Man With 25 Parrot Eggs Hidden in Underwear
Swiss customs caught a man hiding 25 parrot eggs in his underwear, leading them to uncover a smuggling operation of rare bird eggs worth 65,000 Swiss francs ($71,800).
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Century-Old Egg Answers Mystery about Critically Endangered Bird | Extinction Countdown, Scientific American Blog Network
Few people have ever seen a Jerdon's courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus), a critically endangered nocturnal bird that lives in a tiny scrub forest in southeastern India. And ...
