Bluegill, recognized as aggressive invaders causing significant harm to native species, have been introduced to aquatic systems worldwide, including Japan. Their unique colony spawning involves males constructing nests in ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2024
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Ground-nesting birds called lapwings use the shape of their nests and surroundings to hide from predators, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2023
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Duck species in Finland are faring poorly, with more than half of the species listed as threatened to a varying degree, with alien predators as one of the suspected causes.
Plants & Animals
Aug 13, 2021
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Have you seen small birds nervously jumping up and down the branches and calling at a cat in a park? For a long time, scientists have been interested in what type of information about predators is coded in alarm calls; is ...
Plants & Animals
May 26, 2020
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Climate and ecosystems are changing, but predation on shorebird nests has changed little around the globe over the past 60 years, according to a study by an international team of 60 researchers. The study, published in Science ...
Ecology
Jun 14, 2019
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A new study has revealed a range of factors that cause a variation in predation by magpies on farmland songbirds.
Ecology
May 29, 2019
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In the world's temperate regions, proximity to roads usually reduces the reproductive success of birds, thanks to predators that gravitate toward habitat edges. However, the factors affecting bird nest success are much less ...
Ecology
Jan 29, 2019
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Baby birds and eggs are on the menu for at least 94 species of animals in Australia's forests and woodlands, according to new research from The University of Queensland.
Plants & Animals
Jan 24, 2019
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Fledging behavior—when and why baby birds leave the nest—is something scientists know very little about. Rarely is someone watching a nest at just the right moment to see fledging happen. To get around this, the researchers ...
Ecology
Sep 12, 2018
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A study from The Auk: Ornithological Advances presents citizen science data which supports that American Crows and Northwestern Crows almost exclusively (97% of the time) instigate any aggressive interactions with Common ...
Ecology
Jul 4, 2018
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