Researchers at the University of St Andrews have produced the first experimental evidence that birds actively select nest-building materials that camouflage their nests: published today in influential ornithological journal ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 3, 2014
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University have established a mathematical model that goes some way to explain the very strange mating behaviour of the tiny Penduline tit.
Plants & Animals
Dec 21, 2011
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When University of Utah biologists set out cotton balls treated with a mild pesticide, wild finches in the Galapagos Islands used the cotton to help build their nests, killing parasitic fly maggots to protect baby birds. ...
Plants & Animals
May 5, 2014
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We all discard a huge amount of plastic and other man-made materials into the environment, and these are often picked up by birds. New research has shown that 176 bird species around the world are now known to include a wide ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 9, 2023
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The reproductive behaviors of birds are some of their most conspicuous and endearing qualities. From the colorful mating display of some birds, like peacocks, to the building of nests by nearly all birds, these are the characters ...
Archaeology
Oct 28, 2016
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Great tits appear to have what might be described as their own neighbourhood watch scheme, the latest research suggests.
Plants & Animals
Aug 21, 2012
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Ten-day-old baby birds are able to maintain their regular body temperature despite nest box temperatures of 50 degrees C or above. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden now report that nestlings pay a high price for regulating ...
Ecology
Apr 5, 2018
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How birds build their first nest depends on the environment in which they grew up, according to new research from St Andrews.
Plants & Animals
May 1, 2020
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About half of all bird nests don't survive due to predators, particularly in fragmented forest areas, but why? University of Illinois researchers monitored both the prey and predator to find an answer.
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2010
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Some birds use a different breeding strategy to others to avoid cuckoos infiltrating their nests, say scientists.
Ecology
Mar 14, 2013
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