A tiny Australian songbird may hold the answer to discovering the biological source of stuttering, which affects 3 million Americans and is notoriously difficult to treat.
Plants & Animals
May 22, 2013
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(AP) — The Bicknell's thrush, a rare songbird that breeds atop mountains in the northeastern United States and winters in the Caribbean, is being considered for endangered species status, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...
Ecology
Aug 14, 2012
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Using tiny tags to track a bird's location, biologists from PRBO Conservation Science (PRBO) have unlocked the mystery of where Golden-crowned Sparrows, which overwinter in California, go to breed in the spring. Published ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 11, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The chirpy buzz of the golden-winged warbler’s song might not sound like a dirge, but it very nearly is one.
Ecology
Mar 26, 2012
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Climate change in the form of reduced snowfall in mountains is causing powerful and cascading shifts in mountainous plant and bird communities through the increased ability of elk to stay at high elevations over winter and ...
Ecology
Jan 10, 2012
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Old trees must be protected to save the homes of more than 1,000 different bird and mammal species who nest, says a new study from the University of British Columbia. Most animals can't carve out their own tree holes and ...
Ecology
Jun 16, 2011
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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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Proper and timely burning of some Eastern U.S. forests could help revitalize flowering dogwood trees, which benefits a wide range of species, a Purdue University report shows.
Environment
Jun 8, 2010
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Darwin's finches - some 14 related species of songbirds found on the Galapagos and Cocos Islands - will forever be enshrined in history for having planted the seeds of the theory of evolution through natural selection. Today, ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 6, 2010
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Health officials are trying to figure out what caused dozens of birds to fall out of the sky onto a Boston neighborhood.
Plants & Animals
Sep 9, 2016
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