Tag: Birds
Citizen scientists are filling research gaps created by the pandemic
Theresa Crimmins, University of Arizona; Erin Posthumus, University of Arizona, and Kathleen Prudic, University of Arizona
The rapid spread...
Cities can help migrating birds on their way by planting more...
Frank La Sorte, Cornell University
Millions of birds travel between their breeding and wintering grounds during spring and autumn migration, creating one of the greatest...
How do geese know how to fly south for the winter?
Tom Langen, Clarkson University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer,...
Women have disrupted research on bird song, and their findings show...
Kevin Omland, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Evangeline Rose, University of Maryland, and Karan Odom, Cornell University
Americans often idealize scientists as unbiased, objective observers....
Don’t blame cats for destroying wildlife – shaky logic is leading...
William S. Lynn, Clark University; Arian Wallach, University of Technology Sydney, and Francisco J. Santiago-Ávila, University of Wisconsin-Madison
A number of conservationists claim cats are...
You’re not going far from home – and neither are the...
Julian Avery, Pennsylvania State University
Watching the wildlife outside your window can boost your mental well-being, and it’s something lots of people have been doing...
Ancient bird skull found in amber was tiny predator in the...
Lars Schmitz, Claremont McKenna College and Jingmai Kathleen O'Connor, Chinese Academy of Sciences
In 2016, our colleague Xing Lida held up a small piece of...
Spring is arriving earlier across the US, and that’s not always...
Theresa Crimmins, University of Arizona
Across much of the United States, a warming climate has advanced the arrival of spring. This year is no exception....
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
