"There are really four dimensions," begins the narrator of The Time Machine, H. G. Wells's classic Victorian adventure novel. "Three which we call the three planes of space and a fourth, time." Humans cannot help but think ...
Ecology
Jun 8, 2024
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As part of a team of ecologists, I've been studying aspects of great tit biology at Wytham Woods near Oxford. One aspect of our research is how climate change affects their breeding behavior. So far, our research suggests ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 15, 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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An international study has predicted that high temperatures caused by climate change will impact the ability of the common songbird great tits (Parus major) to sound the alarm and scare off predators, potentially impacting ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 31, 2023
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Known for their striking yellow breast feathers and distinctive song, great tits are a common sight in gardens and countryside alike. Now, new research has revealed that some great tits may be more brightly colored that others, ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 14, 2023
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Birds need to adapt to climate change, but evolution is a slow process. Model species such as the great tit are an indispensable yardstick for our ability to predict the impact of climate change on nature. Using innovative ...
Evolution
Jun 30, 2023
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Certain animals are able to adjust well to environments that have been created or altered by human activity. We live in an age in which urbanization is proceeding at an ever-faster rate, something that also affects fauna. ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 14, 2023
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A rare pine marten has been photographed on Anglesey. This is the first confirmed sighting on the island in over thirty years of intensive wildlife monitoring. A team of Bangor University researchers made the exciting discovery ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 26, 2022
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For a long while, it was assumed that only humans have personalities or can exercise self-control. Now, biologists are beginning to discover that birds and other wild animals share these traits with humans.
Plants & Animals
Nov 17, 2021
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New Research from Oxford University has revealed that shifts in the timing of egg laying by great tits in response to climate change vary markedly between breeding sites within the same woodland and that this variation is ...
Environment
Sep 28, 2021
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