Tag: Birds
Songbirds swap colorful plumage genes across species lines among their evolutionary...
David Toews, Penn State
People typically think about evolution as a linear process where, within a species, the classic...
Mountain chickadee chatter: Scientists are decoding the songbird’s complex calls
Sofia Marie Haley, University of Nevada, Reno
I approach a flock of mountain chickadees feasting on pine nuts. A...
Global wildlife trade is an enormous market – a look at...
Michael Tlusty, UMass Boston; Alice Catherine Hughes, University of Hong Kong, and Andrew Rhyne, Roger Williams University
When people...
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
Why dozens of North American bird species are getting new names:...
Jared Del Rosso, University of Denver
This winter, tens of thousands of birders will survey winter bird populations for...
By ‘helping’ wild animals, you could end their freedom or even...
Julian Avery, Penn State
For anyone who enjoys nature, summer is a fascinating time to be outside. Animals are...
Vagrant, machine or pioneer? How we think about a roving eagle...
Adriana Craciun, Boston University
The Steller’s sea eagle is one of the largest and most aggressive raptors in the...
Birds migrate along ancient routes – here are the latest high-tech...
Tom Langen, Clarkson University
Although it still feels like beach weather across much of North America, billions of birds...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
