Bird News

Posted January 24, 2012:

• Winged Dinosaur Archaeopteryx Dressed for Flight

Posted January 19, 2012:

• Native Forest Birds in Hawaii in Unprecedented Trouble
• Speed Limit for Birds: Researchers Find Critical Speed Above Which Birds -- And Drones -- Are Sure to Crash
• Birds of a Feather Don't Always Stick Together

Posted January 16, 2012:

• Does La Niña Weather Pattern Lead to Flu Pandemics?
• Climate Adaptation Difficult for Europe's Birds

Posted January 12, 2012:

• Wandering Albatross Alters Its Foraging Due to Climate Change

Posted January 10, 2012:

• Dramatic Links Found Between Climate Change, Elk, Plants, and Birds

Posted January 5, 2012:

• Bird Smuggler Busted in Indonesia

Posted January 4, 2012:

• New Technology Removes Air Pollutants, May Reduce Energy Use in Animal Agricultural Facilities

Posted December 23, 2011:

• What Are Emotion Expressions For?

Posted December 20, 2011:

• 'Alien' Eggs Benefit Mockingbirds

Posted December 19, 2011:

• Sensational Bird Discovery in China

Posted December 16, 2011:

• Genomic Sequences of Two Iconic Falconry Birds -- Peregrine and Saker Falcons -- Successfully Decoded

Posted December 14, 2011:

• Dinosaurs With Killer Claws Yield New Theory About Evolution of Flight

Posted December 12, 2011:

• Hundreds of Threatened Species Not on Official U.S. List, Research Shows
• Seabirds: Climate Differences Have Less Impact on Transmission of Blood Parasites Than Expected

Posted December 8, 2011:

• Climate Change Driving Tropical Birds to Higher Elevations

Posted December 2, 2011:

• Where Antarctic Predatory Seabirds Overwinter

Posted November 22, 2011:

• Hydrocarbon Pollution Along the Coast of Galicia Shot Up Five Years After the Prestige Oil Spill

Posted November 17, 2011:

• Vultures Dying at Alarming Rate
• How the Fly Flies: Scientists Discover Gene Switch Responsible for Flight Muscle Formation

Posted November 16, 2011:

• The Secret of the Best Foie Gras
• New Model More Accurately Describes Migratory Animals' Extinction Risk

Posted November 10, 2011:

• New Turkey Feed Helps Bird Producers Gobble Up Profits

Posted November 3, 2011:

• It Takes Two: Brains Come Wired for Cooperation, Neuroscientists Discover
• Duck's Boon Might Be a Turtle's Bane: Overturned Duck Nest Boxes Can Be Death Traps for Turtles

Posted October 31, 2011:

• Bigger Birds in Central California, Courtesy of Global Climate Change, Study Suggests
• Grouse's Top-Flight Nest Sites Are High, Wide, and Lonesome

Posted October 26, 2011:

• Study Analyzes Only Known Footage of the Largest Woodpecker That Ever Lived

Posted October 21, 2011:

• Elaborate Bird Plumage Due to Testosterone?

Posted October 20, 2011:

• Hawaiian Honeycreepers: Family Tree for Most-Endangered Bird Family in the World Determined
• West Nile Virus Transmission Linked to Land Use Patterns and 'Super-Spreaders'

Posted October 18, 2011:

• Mental Time-Travel in Birds
• Heart Disease Linked to Evolutionary Changes That May Have Protected Early Mammals from Trauma

Posted October 17, 2011:

• Robotic Bug Gets Wings, Sheds Light on Evolution of Flight

Posted October 16, 2011:

• Deep-Reef Coral Hates the Light, Prefers the Shade

Posted October 13, 2011:

• A Step Towards New Vaccines for Most Important Chicken Parasite

Posted October 12, 2011:

• Sugar High for Bees

Posted October 11, 2011:

• Super-Tough Seed Coat Keeps Michaux's Sumac on Critically Endangered List

Posted October 7, 2011:

• Ancient Climate Change Has Left a Strong Imprint on Modern Ecosystems

Posted October 5, 2011:

• Colossal Aggregations of Giant Alien Freshwater Fish as a Potential Biogeochemical Hotspot

Posted October 4, 2011:

• Across the Atlantic on Flotsam: New Fossil Findings Shed Light on the Origins of the Mysterious Bird Hoatzin

Posted October 3, 2011:

• Child Abuse in Birds: Study Documents 'Cycle of Violence' in Nature
• A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galápagos: Co-Evolution of Galápagos Mockingbirds and Their Parasites

Posted September 29, 2011:

• Weeds Are Vital to the Existence of Farmland Species, Study Finds
• Mother's Investment in the Eggs Makes Zebra Finch Males Attractive

Posted September 26, 2011:

• Feathered Friends Help Wild Birds Innovate

Posted September 25, 2011:

• Feathered Friends Are Far from Bird-Brained When Building Nests

Posted September 22, 2011:

• Evolutionary Traps in Human-Dominated Landscapes

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