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Clamorous City Blackbirds: Birds Can Sing Louder at Higher Frequencies to Make Themselves Heard Over Traffic Noise
January 11, 2013 — Birds can sing louder at higher frequencies and thereby make themselves heard over traffic ... > full story -
First Fossil Bird With Teeth Specialized for Tough Diet
January 7, 2013 — Beak shape variation in Darwin's finches is a classic example of evolutionary adaptation, with beaks that vary widely in proportions and shape, reflecting a diversity of ecologies. While living birds ... > full story -
Dinosaur Shook Tail Feathers for Mating Show
January 4, 2013 — A researcher's examination of fossilized dinosaur tail bones has led to a breakthrough finding: some feathered dinosaurs used tail plumage to attract mates, much like modern-day peacocks and ... > full story -
Birdsong Study Pecks Theory That Music Is Uniquely Human
December 27, 2012 — A bird listening to birdsong may experience some of the same emotions as a human listening to music, suggests a new study on white-throated sparrows. The new study found that the same neural reward ... > full story -
How Songbirds Learn to Sing: Mathematical Model Explains How Birds Correct Mistakes to Stay on Key
December 20, 2012 — Scientists studying how songbirds stay on key have developed a statistical explanation for why some things are harder for the brain to learn than others, building the first mathematical model that ... > full story -
Birdsong Bluster May Dupe Strange Females, but It Won't Fool Partners
December 18, 2012 — Male birds use their song to dupe females they have just met by pretending they are in excellent physical condition. Just as some men try to cast themselves in a better light when they approach ... > full story -
Can Birds Make Us Happy?
December 17, 2012 — As millions of us post our Christmas cards – many of which star a robin red breast – ecologists are investigating whether birds make us ... > full story -
Intelligent Control for Performance: Reducing Drag, Saving Fuel
December 13, 2012 — NASA Dryden's versatile F/A-18 Full Scale Advanced Systems Testbed (FAST) aircraft recently completed a series of flights that explored reducing fuel consumption during cruise flight conditions by ... > full story -
Engineer Looks to Dragonflies, Bats for Flight Lessons
December 13, 2012 — Scientists are using wind tunnels and imaging tests to learn the aerodynamics that allow dragonflies and bats to get off the ground in the slow-speed, high-drag conditions of small-scale ... > full story -
Hatching Order Influences Birds' Behavior
December 7, 2012 — The hatching order of birds influences how they behave in adult life according to new research. Biologists looked at how the birds' behavior was affected by the way their parents cared for them as ... > full story
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