Early Bird News

Posted January 13, 2010:

• Scientists Map Brain Pathway for Vocal Learning

Posted January 12, 2010:

• Genetic Analyses of Influenza in Wild Birds Can Improve Avian Flu Surveillance Programs

Posted January 7, 2010:

• Cold War Offered Odd Benefit -- It Limited Species Invasions

Posted January 6, 2010:

• Birds Fight Alien Parasites: Darwin's Finches Develop Antibodies to Flies, Pox Virus

Posted December 21, 2009:

• Poisonous Prehistoric 'Raptor' Discovered in China

Posted December 20, 2009:

• Fewer Migratory Birds in Dutch Woods Due to Climate Change

Posted December 9, 2009:

• Tropical Birds Waited for Land Crossing Between North and South America, Study Finds

Posted December 3, 2009:

• Ventriloquist Birds Call to Warn Friends and Enemies
• By Feeding the Birds, You Could Change Their Evolutionary Fate

Posted December 2, 2009:

• Some Birds Listen, Instead of Look, for Mates

Posted November 27, 2009:

• Ecologists Sound out New Solution for Monitoring Cryptic Species

Posted November 23, 2009:

• Rescuing Male Turkey Chicks

Posted November 18, 2009:

• To the Bat Cave: Researchers Reconstruct Evolution of Bat Migration With Aid of Mathematical Model
• Extinct Moa Rewrites New Zealand's History

Posted November 13, 2009:

• Resonating Feathers Produce Courtship Song in Rare Bird

Posted November 11, 2009:

• Birds Lose Color Vision in Twilight

Posted October 28, 2009:

• Dining Out In An Ocean Of Plastic: How Foraging Albatrosses Put Plastic On The Menu

Posted October 26, 2009:

• Dominant Chemical That Attracts Mosquitoes To Humans Identified
• First Evidence For A Second Breeding Season Among Migratory Songbirds
• Are US And European Plovers Really Birds Of A Feather?

Posted October 21, 2009:

• Hearing On The Wing: New Structure Discovered In Butterfly Ears

Posted October 20, 2009:

• It Takes Two To Tutor A Sparrow

Posted October 16, 2009:

• Migratory Route Of Eleonora's Falcon Revealed For First Time

Posted October 9, 2009:

• Archaeopteryx Was Not Very Bird-Like: Inside The First Bird, Surprising Signs Of A Dinosaur

Posted October 7, 2009:

• Loyal Alligators Display Mating Habits Of Birds

Posted October 6, 2009:

• Albatross Camera Reveals Fascinating Feeding Interaction With Killer Whale
• Trackway Analysis Shows How Dinosaurs Coped With Slippery Slopes

Posted October 2, 2009:

• Black Rat Does Not Bother Mediterranean Seabirds

Posted September 29, 2009:

• Was Mighty T. Rex 'Sue' Felled By A Lowly Parasite?
• Transgenic Songbirds Provide New Tool To Understand The Brain

Posted September 28, 2009:

• Feathery Four-Winged Dinosaur Fossil Found In China Bridges Transition To Birds

Posted September 27, 2009:

• Hunting: An Extinction Threat To Middle East's Most Threatened Bird

Posted September 25, 2009:

• Great Tits Eat Bats In Times Of Need

Posted September 17, 2009:

• Secrets Of Insect Flight Revealed: Modeling The Aerodynamic Secrets Of One Of Nature's Most Efficient Flyers
• Introduced Japanese White-Eyes Pose Major Threat To Hawaii's Native And Endangered Birds

Posted September 11, 2009:

• Migrating Birds Chill to Fatten Up

Posted September 8, 2009:

• Imitate To Communicate: Even Singers In The Bird World Have To Deal With Cover Artists
• Arctic Oil: A Boon For Nest Predators

Posted September 1, 2009:

• Changes In California's Bird Communities Due To Climate Change, Study Finds

Posted August 26, 2009:

• Bird Flu Leaves The Nest -- Adapting To A New Host
• 'Curtain Twitching' Skylarks Keep Track Of Strangers Through Their Songs
• Evidence Of Iridescence In 40 Million-Year-Old Feather Fossil

Posted August 25, 2009:

• New Study Finds Wild Pikas Are Natural Mammalian Hosts To H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus

Posted August 19, 2009:

• Some Aspects Of Birding Not Always Environmentally Friendly, Professor Says

Posted August 18, 2009:

• Study On Birds And Streams Included In Federal Guidelines To Safeguard Waterways

Posted August 17, 2009:

• First Gene-Encoded Amphibian Toxin Isolated

Posted August 13, 2009:

• Scientists Find A Common Link Of Bird Flocks, Breast Milk And Trust

Posted August 12, 2009:

• Migratory Birds Not Picky About Their Rest Stops, Study Finds

Posted August 10, 2009:

• Life And Death In The Living Brain: Recruitment Of New Neurons Slows When Old Brain Cells Kept From Dying

Posted August 6, 2009:

• From Fable To Fact: Rooks Use Stones And Water To Catch A Worm

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