Early Bird News

Posted February 11, 2011:

• Invasive Plants Can Create Positive Ecological Change

Posted February 9, 2011:

• Stockpiled Avian Flu Vaccine Could Protect Against Potential Pandemic
• Cross-Border Conservation Vital to Protect Birds in a Climate-Change World

Posted January 31, 2011:

• Songbird's Strategy for Changing Its Tune Could Inform Rehab Efforts

Posted January 27, 2011:

• Opposites May Attract, but They Don't Make Better Parents

Posted January 26, 2011:

• Hormones Dictate Breeding Success in Birds
• Hungry Chicks Have Unique Calls to Their Parents

Posted January 18, 2011:

• Biological Clock Ticks Slower for Female Birds Who Choose Good Mates

Posted January 17, 2011:

• Australian Birds Attract Mates With 'Scary Movie Effect'

Posted January 14, 2011:

• Flipper Bands Hinder King Penguins

Posted January 13, 2011:

• 100-Year-Old Specimens at California Museum Help Determine When Avian Pox Hit Galapagos
• Genetically Modified Chickens That Don't Transmit Bird Flu Developed; Breakthrough Could Prevent Future Bird Flu Epidemics

Posted January 11, 2011:

• Environmental Changes May Affect Vital Cooperate Bird Behaviors
• How Seabirds Share Their Habitat

Posted January 6, 2011:

• Biofuel Grasslands Better for Birds Than Ethanol Staple Corn, Researchers Find

Posted January 4, 2011:

• Prehistoric Bird Used Club-Like Wings as Weapon

Posted January 3, 2011:

• Not So Bird-Brained: 3D X-Rays Piece Together the Evolution of Flight from Fossils

Posted December 22, 2010:

• Learning from Leftovers: A History Drawn from Turkey Bones

Posted December 20, 2010:

• Meat-Eating Dinosaurs Not So Carnivorous After All
• Mariana Crow Will Go Extinct in 75 Years, Study Suggests

Posted December 12, 2010:

• Humans Helped Vultures Colonize the Canary Islands

Posted December 8, 2010:

• Soaring Is Better Than Flapping for Birds Big and Small

Posted December 7, 2010:

• Bird Call Database Nests Online

Posted November 29, 2010:

• Bird-Brained? Birds' Personalities Are Correlated With Their Hormone Levels

Posted November 24, 2010:

• Engineer Provides New Insight Into Pterodactyl Flight

Posted November 23, 2010:

• DNA Uncovers One of the World's Rarest Birds

Posted November 22, 2010:

• Flexible Wings Driven by Simple Oscillation May Be Viable for Efficient Micro Air Vehicles

Posted November 21, 2010:

• Simple Rubber Device Mimics Complex Bird Songs
• Should Airplanes Look Like Birds?
• How Hummingbirds Fight the Wind: Robotic Wing May Reveal Answer

Posted November 18, 2010:

• Gangster Birds Running Protection Racket Give Insight Into Coevolution

Posted November 15, 2010:

• Prehistoric Winged Reptiles 'Pole-Vaulted' Into Flight

Posted November 3, 2010:

• Plight of Farmland Birds: Poorer, Less 'Brainy' Fare Worse, Study Shows

Posted October 29, 2010:

• Members of the Public to Research Bird, Bat and Insect Aerobatics

Posted October 25, 2010:

• Tracking Golden Eagles by Satellite; Impact of Large-Scale Wind Farms Studied
• Beauty from the Bottom Up: Flamingos Add Natural 'Make-Up' to Their Feathers to Attract Mates

Posted October 20, 2010:

• Philippines May Have More Unique Bird Species Than Thought, Biologist Says

Posted October 6, 2010:

• Vultures Use Face Flushing Technique for Instant Status Updates

Posted September 30, 2010:

• Fossilized Giant Penguin Reveals Unusual Colors, Sheds Light on Bird Evolution

Posted September 28, 2010:

• 19-Million-Year-Old Genomic Fossils of Hepatitis B-Like Viruses in Songbirds
• Potential Climate Change Side Effect: More Parasites on South American Birds

Posted September 22, 2010:

• Researchers Crack Cuckoo Egg Mystery

Posted September 20, 2010:

• Secrets of Birds' Sexual Signals Revealed

Posted September 18, 2010:

• Fossil of Giant Bony-Toothed Bird from Chile Sets Wingspan Record

Posted September 16, 2010:

• Night Light Pollution Affect Songbirds' Mating Life, Research Suggests

Posted September 15, 2010:

• Understanding Behavioral Patterns: Why Bird Flocks Move in Unison

Posted September 14, 2010:

• Largest Ever White-Shouldered Ibis Count

Posted September 10, 2010:

• Flying Fish Glide as Well as Birds, Researchers Find

Posted September 8, 2010:

• It Takes Less Than You Think to Create a Starling Spectacular

Posted September 3, 2010:

• Satellite Data Reveals Why Migrating Birds Have a Small Window to Spread Bird Flu

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