“What’s that?” I asked Virginia Guhin, Education Programs Coordinator of the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve (ES NERR)....

What is sex? This is a simple question with a complicated answer. Part of the answer is this: The...

One of the key features of birds, and I use the term “key” literally, is vocalization. Very few other...

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

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

Don’t you hate those people who say “I told you so”? But – I did tell you. While birding...

Tradeoffs in behavior, and plasticity We assume natural selection has shaped birds to avoid predators. Noticing predators, reacting to...

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