When we opened a box supplied by museum curators, our research team audibly gasped. Inside was a huge Australian magpie nest from 2018.
Plants & Animals
Jul 14, 2021
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DNA tests have proven an extinct bird species unique to the Canary Islands—whose loss was considered a sizeable blow for genetic diversity—is actually almost identical to types commonly found in the UK and throughout ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 16, 2019
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For a long time, ecologists have relied on their senses when it comes to recording animal populations and species diversity. However, modern programmable sound recording devices are now the better option for logging animal ...
Ecology
Jun 18, 2019
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The mass killing of migratory birds in Cyprus has reached a record low mainly due to a clampdown on illegal trapping in British military-controlled areas, a conservationist group said Monday.
Ecology
Mar 18, 2019
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A new website for viewing 3-D bird bones aims to make bird bones in museums more accessible for research and teaching.
Plants & Animals
Feb 4, 2019
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When the UK's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) set out to tag razorbills, their aim was to track their behaviour and movements along the coast of North Wales. The tag data revealed that, at night, these seabirds ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 29, 2018
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The Natural History Museum (NHM) in Oslo has a bird collection of international size. It is now available online.
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2015
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(Phys.org) —New research from the Universities of Exeter and Cambridge reveals for the first time that, contrary to current models used to explain the movement of flocks, the differences between bird species and social ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2013
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