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Great Tit Telomeres, Baby Talk, Brainy Birds

June 21, 2016 by Greg No Comments

Great Tit Telomeres, Baby Talk, Brainy Birds This morning, I have three interesting scientific findings related to bird for you. First, birds may age...

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Climate Change And Birds: Europe vs. North America

May 17, 2016 by Greg 2 Comments

I want to alert you to a recent study (from April) that looks at the plight of bird populations under conditions of climate change...

Birds, Reptiles

Everglades Long-Legged Birds Feed Their Young To Alligators, Everything is Good.

April 19, 2016 by Greg 1 Comment

You know the famous novel about rabbits, wherein among other things the traveling bunnies find themselves in a warren where everyone is well fed...

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Did humans kill off one of the last dinosaurs, er, giant birds?

February 16, 2016 by Greg 1 Comment

Genyornis newtoni, weighted about 500 pounds and stood seven feet tall. It was a bird, and this is where the whole bird-dinosaur thing gets...

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Solar Plant Stopped Killing Birds: One Weird Trick!

January 19, 2016 by Greg 6 Comments

The Brightsoruce Power Plant, in California, uses mirrors to concentrate solar energy to nearly a single point, where things get so hot you can...

Birding

Do birds avoid predators because of culture?

December 15, 2015 by Greg 2 Comments

Tradeoffs in behavior, and plasticity We assume natural selection has shaped birds to avoid predators. Noticing predators, reacting to them perhaps with an alarm...

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A New Way Global Warming Kills Birds

November 17, 2015 by Greg 3 Comments

A new research project using Zebra Finches in semi-wild conditions indicates that for some bird populations a certain aspect of climate change may have...