Noise pollution causes chronic stress in birds, with health consequences for young
In a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers found that adults and nestlings of thre...
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Birds without own brood help other birds with parenting
Birds will sometimes care for the offspring of other birds of their own species if they anticipate future benefits. Being tolerated in anoth...
Birds reveal the importance of good neighbours for health and ageing
Birds who live next door to family members or to other birds they know well are physically healthier and age more slowly, according to new r...
Wild birds choose love over food
Wild birds will sacrifice access to food in order to stay close to their partner over the winter, according to a study by Oxford University ...
Noise may shorten sparrow lives, study finds
The noise of cars honking and zooming through the streets may shorten the lifespan of sparrows growing up near the clamour, scientists said ...
Birds that eat at feeders more likely to get sick, spread disease
Wild songbirds that prefer to eat at bird feeders have an increased risk of acquiring a common eye disease. In turn, these birds also spread...
How the finch change its tune
Like top musicians, songbirds train from a young age to weed out errors and trim variability from their songs, ultimately becoming consisten...
Socially monogamous birds more promiscuous than previously thought
What gets you out of bed in the morning? Before morning has broken, and some time before blackbird has spoken, songbirds rise for sex. And a...
First study to show that birds and not just mammals copy yawns
Have you ever caught yourself yawning right after someone else did? The same happens to budgies, says Andrew Gallup of State University of N...
Tough laws 'not enough' to stop endangered wildlife trade
The international wildlife trade is a major threat to various endangered animals across the world, but as western conservation groups se...
Tracking tiny songbirds across continents
A pair of newly published papers in The Condor: Ornithological Applications lay out a method for outfitting birds with geolocators or radio ...
'Extinct' bird rediscovered after 73 years
The Myanmar Jerdon’s babbler (Chrysomma altirostre altirostre) , last seen in Myanmar more than 70 years ago, has been discovered still livi...
Research finds bluebird mothers give sons extra dose of androgen when antagonized
A trio of researchers has found that western bluebird mothers add a little extra androgen to clutches of eggs during times when there is com...
Hormone sensitive gene regulation in seasonal singing birds
Nature lovers are fascinated by the increasing number of singing birds when spring is approaching. Scientists also take advantage of this se...
Sneaky females outwit males
If you can't find your own food, why not simply steal meals that others have stored for later? A sneaky tactic perhaps, but one cruci...
Amazonian bird chicks mimic poisonous caterpillar to avoid detection
A trio of researchers has found and documented the case of a newly hatched bird with plumage that mimics a poisonous caterpillar to war...
Do mating songs stir up birds’ emotions?
A bird listening to birdsong may experience some of the same emotions as a human hearing music, report researchers who worked with white...
How young finches know which songs to mimic
The researchers isolated two different types of neurons in young songbirds: ones that were activated only when the birds heard themsel...
Vitamin A and Carotenoid Nutrition of Cockatiels
Vitamin A and Carotenoid Nutrition of Cockatiels By Elizabeth A. Koutsos, Ph.D. Mazuri Exotic Animal Nutrition/PMI Nutrition Intl, LLC ...
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