Mountain chickadees have remarkable memories. A new study explains why
Lost your keys? Can't remember where you parked the car? If only you had the memory of a mountain chickadee.
Lost your keys? Can't remember where you parked the car? If only you had the memory of a mountain chickadee.
Plants & Animals
Apr 17, 2024
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Every day, throughout the world, people put huge quantities of food out at feeding stations for birds and other wild animals.
Plants & Animals
Dec 8, 2023
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Associate professor in the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation at Virginia Tech, Ashley Dayer is the lead author of an article published in People and Nature that argues not only for the acknowledgment of the activity's ...
Ecology
Dec 5, 2023
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More than a quarter of Britain's birds are now on the RSPB's red list, meaning that their numbers are in severe decline.
Plants & Animals
Jan 3, 2022
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A mysterious ailment has sickened and killed thousands of songbirds in several mid-Atlantic states since late spring. While scientists are still racing to confirm the cause, it seems juvenile birds may be most susceptible. ...
Ecology
Jul 21, 2021
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are monitoring the state's bird population after a "mysterious disease" has killed many in the mid-Atlantic region.
Plants & Animals
Jul 19, 2021
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Oregon State University researchers have some good news for the well-meaning masses who place bird feeders in their yards: The small songbirds who visit the feeders seem unlikely to develop an unhealthy reliance on them.
Ecology
Jun 28, 2021
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Social distancing is now for the birds, too.
Ecology
Jun 28, 2021
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Plucky, beautiful and declining in numbers at about a 2% annual rate, the rufous hummingbird makes its long annual migration in different timing and route patterns based the birds' age and sex, new research by Oregon State ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 28, 2020
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Jackdaws can learn from each other to identify "dangerous" humans, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Sep 24, 2019
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