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Bird Brains Predate Birds Themselves: 'Flight-Ready' Brain Was Present in Some Non-Avian Dinosaurs, CT Scans Indicate
New research provides
evidence that dinosaurs
evolved the brainpower
necessary for flight well
before they actually took to
... > full story
Pigeons Fly Home With a Map in Their Heads
It is a fascinating
phenomenon that homing
pigeons always find their
way home. Researchers have
now carried out experiments
demonstrating that pigeons
have a spatial map and thus
... > full story
Bird Brain? Birds and Humans Have Similar Brain Wiring
You may have more in common
with a pigeon than you
realize, according to
research. ... > full story
Great Exaptations: Most Traits Emerge for No Crucial Reason, Scientists Find
By simulating changes in an
organism's metabolism,
scientists have now shown
that most traits may emerge
as non-crucial "exaptations"
... > full story
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Veeries Very Quiet When Owls Are About
July 30, 2013 — Study shows birds eavesdrop on owls and change their dusk singing patterns to avoid becoming potential prey. If you hear an owl hooting at dusk, don't expect to catch the flute-like song of a Veery ... > full story -
Snakes Devour More Mosquito-Eating Birds as Climate Change Heats Forests
July 11, 2013 — Rising temperatures threaten wild birds, including the Missouri-native Acadian flycatcher, by making snakes more active, according to biologists. They noted that farmers, public health officials and ... > full story -
Birds Outpace Climate Change to Avoid Extinction
July 10, 2013 — A new study has shed light on the potential of birds to survive in the face of climate change. In the analysis, based on more than fifty years' detailed study of a population of great tits near ... > full story -
Bird Vaccine for West Nile Virus
July 9, 2013 — Researchers have developed a vaccine to halt the spread of West Nile Virus among common and endangered bird ... > full story -
Cockatoos 'Pick' Puzzle Box Locks: Cockatoos Show Technical Intelligence on a Five-Lock Problem
July 4, 2013 — A species of Indonesian parrot can solve complex mechanical problems that involve undoing a series of locks one after another, revealing new depths to physical intelligence in ... > full storyMore: -
Powerful Animal Tracking System Helps Research Take Flight
July 3, 2013 — Call it a bird's eye view of migration. Scientists have created a new animal tracking system using a big data ... > full story -
Surviving Fasting in the Cold
July 2, 2013 — King penguin chicks survive harsh winters with almost no food by minimizing the cost of energy production. A new study shows that the efficiency of the mitochondria, the power house of the cell, is ... > full story -
São Miguel Scops Owl Was Wiped out After Arrival of Humans in the Azores
June 27, 2013 — On São Miguel Island in the Azores, there used to exist a small, nocturnal bird of prey, related to the European scops owl, named Otus frutuosoi, which was very probably driven to extinction ... > full story -
Songbirds Turn on and Tune Up
June 26, 2013 — Bullfinches learn from human teachers to sing melodies accurately, according to a new study. The analysis of human melody singing in bullfinches gives insights into the songbirds' brain ... > full story -
Hiding in Plain Sight: New Species of Bird Discovered in Cambodia's Capitol Phnom Penh
June 25, 2013 — A team of scientists with the Wildlife Conservation Society, BirdLife International, and other groups have discovered a new species of bird with distinct plumage and a loud call living not in some ... > full story
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