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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 -
Drought in the Horn of Africa Delays Migrating Birds
December 6, 2012 — The catastrophic drought last year in the Horn of Africa affected millions of people but also caused the extremely late arrival into northern Europe of several migratory songbird species, a new study ... > full story -
Hushed Hoarders and Prying Pilferers: Eurasian Jays Change Strategies to Prevent Others from Stealing Food
December 5, 2012 — In order to prevent other birds from stealing the food they are storing for later, Eurasian jays, a type of corvid, minimizes any auditory hints a potential pilferer may use to steal their cache ... > full story -
Guineafowl May Spread, Not Halt, Fever-Bearing Ticks in Turkey
November 29, 2012 — The country Turkey releases non-native guineafowl to eat ticks that carry deadly Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. Yet research suggests guineafowl eat few ticks, but carry the parasites on their ... > full story -
Ecologists Shed New Light on Effects of Light Pollution on Wildlife
November 28, 2012 — Light pollution is often associated with negative effects on wildlife. Now, ecologists have found that by mimicking a perpetual full moon, the gas flares and electrical lighting along Scotland's ... > full story
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