Starting life in captivity can change the wing shape of birds, hindering their chances of surviving migratory flights when they are released into the wild, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) has shown.
Evolution
Mar 17, 2023
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Populations of whooper swans grow 30 times faster inside nature reserves, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Mar 13, 2023
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Nature lovers tend to be categorized as either "appreciative" or "extractive." The first group includes people like hikers and bird watchers, while the second includes hunters, fishermen and fisherwomen.
Environment
Mar 6, 2023
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As the planet warms, animals that breed in the Arctic are at particular risk. But a new study reported in Current Biology on March 1 offers some encouraging news: in an apparent reaction to pressures along their former migratory ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 1, 2023
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Climate change isn't the only threat facing California's birds. Over the course of the 20th century, urban sprawl and agricultural development have dramatically changed the landscape of the state, forcing many native species ...
Ecology
Feb 22, 2023
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Australia's natural world is in deep trouble. Many of our species are getting rarer. Some are now perilously close to extinction, while entire ecosystems face collapse.
Plants & Animals
Feb 17, 2023
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The dodo has joined an exclusive club, becoming one of the species suggested for de-extinction.
Plants & Animals
Feb 16, 2023
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Don't feed the bears! Wildlife biologists and forest rangers have preached the mantra for nearly a century at national parks like Yellowstone and Yosemite, and for decades in areas where urban development increasingly invaded ...
Ecology
Feb 10, 2023
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The World Health Organization called Wednesday for vigilance after the recent detection of bird flu in mammals, but tried to calm fears that large-scale human outbreaks could be looming.
Veterinary medicine
Feb 8, 2023
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A new study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences uses genetic data from more than 250 bird species to investigate patterns of trait diversity over the distant past and under a previous period of ...
Evolution
Feb 8, 2023
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