Bird's playlist could signal mental strengths and weaknesses
Having the biggest playlist doesn't make a male songbird the brainiest of the bunch, a new study shows.
Plants & Animals
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Canaries: A bad performance is better than no performance at all (w/Audio)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The learning of birdsong resembles the learning of speech in humans. Crucial for the process are acoustic perception and the ability to produce sound. Social isolation leads to a disturbed vocal development ...
Plants & Animals
May 27, 2009
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Nocturnal, compass-guided insects have a sense for turbulence too
When nocturnal insects make their high-flying journeys through the darkness of night, they may have more than an internal compass to guide them on their way. Researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology ...
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Aug 31, 2015
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Night lights affect songbirds' mating life
In today's increasingly urbanized world, the lights in many places are always on, and according to a report published online on September 16 in of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, that's having a real impact on ...
Ecology
Sep 16, 2010
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It's a bird, not a plane: Migrating songbirds depart on time
A new study by York University researchers finds that songbirds follow a strict annual schedule when migrating to their breeding grounds – with some birds departing on precisely the same date each year.
Plants & Animals
Jul 25, 2012
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Migratory birds can partially compensate for climate change
Deteriorating habitat conditions caused by climate change are wreaking havoc with the timing of bird migration. A new study demonstrates that birds can partially compensate for these changes by delaying the start of spring ...
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Apr 11, 2023
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Bay Area thrushes nest together, winter together, and face change together
Swainson' s Thrushes, from a local population near Bolinas, CA spend their winters together in Mexico, according to a new tracking study released by Point Blue Conservation Science, (Point Blue, formerly PRBO). This result ...
Ecology
Jun 18, 2013
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Transgenic songbirds provide new tool to understand the brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the decades, scientists have learned a lot about the basic life processes shared by many animals — including people — by manipulating the DNA of the "lower" species, such as mice and worms. But to ...
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Oct 5, 2009
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Introduced Japanese white-eyes pose major threat to Hawaii's native and endangered birds
In the late 1920s, people intentionally introduced birds known as Japanese white-eyes into Hawaiian agricultural lands and gardens for purposes of bug control. Now, that decision has come back to bite us. A recent increase ...
Ecology
Sep 17, 2009
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Drumming in woodpeckers is neurologically similar to singing in songbirds
Researchers led by Matthew Fuxjager at Brown University, U.S. and Eric Schuppe at Wake Forest University, U.S. have found regions in the woodpecker forebrain that show characteristics that until now have only been associated ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 20, 2022
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