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Blackbirds in the Spotlight: City Birds That Experience Light at Night Are Ready to Breed Earlier Than Their Rural Cousins
February 13, 2013 — City birds that experience light at night are ready to breed earlier than their rural ... > full story -
Chick Magnet? Nest Diet Has Big Impact on Attractiveness of Hihi Birds
February 12, 2013 — Chicks that stock up on their five-a-day outshine their love rivals in later life, a new study shows. The research reveals that male hihi birds develop more colourful and attractive breeding feathers ... > full story -
Climate Change Affects the Flight Period of Butterflies in Massachusetts
February 12, 2013 — Biologists have found that butterflies show signs of being affected by climate change in a way similar to plants and bees, but not birds, in the Northeast United States. The researchers focused on ... > full story -
World's Oldest-Known Wild Bird Hatches Another Chick
February 4, 2013 — A Laysan albatross known as "Wisdom" -- believed to be at least 62 years old -- has hatched a chick on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge for the sixth consecutive ... > full story -
'Get Off My Lawn:' Song Sparrows Escalate Territorial Threats
February 12, 2013 — Territorial song sparrows use increasingly threatening signals to ward off trespassing rivals. First an early warning that matches the intruder's song, then wing waving -- a bird's version of ... > full story -
Birds Evolved Ultraviolet Vision Several Times
February 11, 2013 — Ultraviolet vision evolved at least eight times in birds from a common violet sensitive ancestor finds a new study. All of these are due to single nucleotide changes in the ... > full story -
Forensic Pathology: Tracing the Origin of the Usutu Virus in Blackbirds
February 8, 2013 — It is generally a mystery how new diseases arise and how the pathogens that cause them first enter countries. However, clues may come from examination of specimens from similar outbreaks. ... > full story -
How a Fall in Duck Hunting Is Shooting a Financial Hole Into Conservation Efforts
February 7, 2013 — The annual duck hunting season in the United States is traditionally big business, but while bird numbers are rising faster than they have for decades, the number of hunters continues to fall. Far ... > full story -
The Wings of the Seagull Nebula
February 6, 2013 — A new image from the European Southern Observatory shows a section of a cloud of dust and glowing gas called the Seagull Nebula. These wispy red clouds form part of the "wings" of the celestial bird ... > full story -
Birds in Asia May Need a Hand to Weather Climate Change
February 4, 2013 — Birds in Asia may need a helping hand to adapt to climate change, according to scientists. A new study shows that many bird species are likely to suffer under future climate change, and will require ... > full story
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