Australia has more native bird species than almost anywhere else. What led to this explosion of diversity?
When you went out today, did you see any birds? A galah perhaps, or a crow?
When you went out today, did you see any birds? A galah perhaps, or a crow?
Plants & Animals
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In October and November, horrified beachgoers often find dead and dying muttonbirds washing up in an event called a seabird "wreck."
Plants & Animals
Nov 10, 2023
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White-browed sparrow weavers live in family groups in which only a dominant pair breeds and their grown-up offspring, particularly females, help to feed nestlings.
Plants & Animals
Nov 10, 2023
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Most birds that flit through dense, leafy forests have a strategy for maneuvering through tight windows in the vegetation—they bend their wings at the wrist or elbow and barrel through.
Plants & Animals
Nov 9, 2023
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Angry Birds, Mario Kart and Animal Crossing are popular digital games that have captured the attention of children the world over. But in a preschool environment, games like these could distract your kids from engaging in ...
Education
Nov 9, 2023
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A new study, using the digitized scans of beaks from over 8,700 bird species, is shedding light on how evolution changes at different scales. While the general principles of evolution by natural selection have been known ...
Evolution
Nov 8, 2023
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Earth's boreal forests circle our planet's far northern reaches, just south of the Arctic's treeless tundra. If the planet wears an Arctic ice cap, then the boreal forests are a loose-knit headband wrapped around its ears, ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 6, 2023
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Recent advances in gene editing technology could potentially be used to create disease-resistant animals. This could curtail the spread of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu.
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 5, 2023
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Saltwater crocodiles are large predators that lurk in muddy waters, with jaws powerful enough to attack anything from water buffalo to humans... but they are also just big chilled-out lounge-lizards who love to sunbake.
Plants & Animals
Nov 3, 2023
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Birds in North America will no longer be named after people, the American Ornithological Society announced Wednesday.
Plants & Animals
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