Scientists develop new index based on functional morphology to understand how ancestors of modern birds used their wings
Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have developed an index to estimate how a bird uses its wings for flight ...
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Rates of hatching failure in birds almost twice as high as previously estimated
Rates of hatching failure in birds almost twice as high as previously estimated New study from the University of Sheffield, ...
To know where the birds are going, researchers turn to citizen science and machine learning
AMHERST, Mass. – Computer scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in collaboration with biologists at the Cornell Lab of ...
Polygamous birds have fewer harmful mutations
Bird species that breed with several sexual partners have fewer harmful mutations, according to a study led by the Milner ...
New study finds birds build hanging-nests to protect offspring from nest invaders
-With pictures- A new study has found that birds build hanging-nests, particularly those with extended entrance tunnels, to help protect ...
Fossil overturns more than a century of knowledge about the origin of modern birds
Fossilised fragments of a skeleton, hidden within a rock the size of a grapefruit, have helped upend one of the ...
Planet’s most unique birds at higher risk of extinction
A new study finds that bird species with extreme or uncommon combinations of traits face the highest risk of extinction. ...
Flight of birds can help provide predictions on turbulence, new study suggests
A new study led by Swansea University has shown how the flight of birds can offer a meteorological insight into ...
How bird feeding influences humans and birds
A team of researchers with specialties related to birds are flying high these days after receiving some news that ultimately ...
22 new conservation schemes for farmland birds
The [email protected] ([email protected]) Initiative of the European Commission was launched in 2020 with the aim to support 10 Member States ...
Feeling chirpy: Being around birds is linked to lasting mental health benefits
New research from King’s College London has found that seeing or hearing birds is associated with an improvement in mental ...
Study: migrating birds attracted by light pollution face higher toxic chemical exposure
Ithaca, NY—The journeys of night-migrating birds are already fraught with danger. Light pollution adds yet another hazard beyond the increased ...
Nestling birds recognize their local song ‘dialect’
A recent study, published in Current Biology, led by researchers at Stockholm University and Uppsala University, has shown that juvenile ...
Fossil bird’s skull reconstruction reveals a brain made for smelling and eyes made for daylight
Jeholornis was a raven-sized bird that lived 120 million years ago, among the earliest examples of dinosaurs evolving into birds, ...
The ultimate death stare: How moth wing patterns scare off predatory birds with amazing optical illusion
How art mirrors life when it comes to moth wings Credit: Dr Hannah Rowland. How art mirrors life when it ...
Two birds one stone strategy to treat both joint pain and cognitive impairment in rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that causes extensive inflammation of the joints, causing severe pain and discomfort in ...
People who are ‘night owls’ could have greater risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease than those who are ‘early birds’
Are you an early bird or a night owl? Our activity patterns and sleep cycles could influence our risk of ...
Bird’s enzyme points toward novel therapies
HOUSTON – (Sept. 19, 2022) – Thank the rare crested ibis for a clue that could someday help our bodies make better ...
Clever birds have cheap neurons
What makes a crow a match for a chimpanzee? Our brain makes up only about two percent of our body ...
Researcher team investigates sex-determination mechanisms in birds
Scientists have known that sex-determination in vertebrates happens in the germ cells, a body’s reproductive cells, and the somatic cells, ...
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Anu, previously gropod, awarded nearly $1 million competitive grant from the National Science Foundation
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International group of scientists warns nuclear radiation has devastating impacts on ecosystems
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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Latin American and Caribbean researchers detail colonialism in ornithology
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In search of the invisible galaxy
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Can pigeons match wits with artificial intelligence?