The arrival of the new year is a prime time for Antarctic birds like the south polar skua, Antarctic petrel, and snow petrel to build nests and lay their eggs. However, from December 2021 to January 2022, researchers did ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 13, 2023
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Daurian redstarts move their nesting sites closer to or even inside human settlements when cuckoos are around. In doing so, they actively protect their nest against brood parasitism, as cuckoos avoid human settlements.
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2023
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In a remote archipelago at the southernmost tip of India lies the Great Nicobar Island. This pristine ecosystem is a globally important nesting site of the largest turtles on Earth—leatherback turtles. But now, the site ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 13, 2023
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Just half a percent of the available tree hollows in Canberra's woodlands are suitable nests for superb parrots.
Plants & Animals
Feb 10, 2023
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The storks float and swoop in formation, circling over a landfill in the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama mountains north of Madrid. Then a garbage truck pulls up and disgorges its contents. One by one, they dive to ...
Ecology
Feb 8, 2023
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In the course of experiments to test how well commercial bumblebees pollinate early spring crops, researchers made a surprising discovery: dead wild bumblebee queens in the hives, an average of 10 per nest box.
Ecology
Feb 6, 2023
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The discovery of more than 250 fossilized eggs reveals intimate details about the lives of titanosaurs in the Indian subcontinent, according to a study published in PLOS ONE by Harsha Dhiman of the University of Delhi, New ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Jan 18, 2023
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When you hear beautiful birdsong, such as the warbling of the Australasian magpie, you might believe it's a sign of intense competition for territory or showing off to attract a mate.
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2023
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A new study has found that birds build hanging-nests, particularly those with extended entrance tunnels, to help protect offspring against nest invaders like snakes and parasitic cuckoos.
Evolution
Dec 20, 2022
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The South Florida heat is causing more sea turtles to die in their nests, with this year's dry scorching summer prompting embryo deaths to more than double, researchers say.
Plants & Animals
Nov 7, 2022
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